Virginia Rometty: First Female CEO of IBM

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 27 October 2011, 23:38 IST
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"It is a good sign," Bozman said. "It does create an environment in which more of these high-ranking women executives can see that's within reach. The more that happens, the more normal that will be. I think this might be a great sign that we have turned a corner. Certainly the Baby Boomers have wanted this for a long time."He added As reported by the guardian recently Sam Palmisano in a statement said that "Rometty has led some of IBM's most important businesses, and was instrumental in the formation of IBM's business services division. She oversaw IBM's $3.5 billion purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers' consulting business in 2002, which is a key element of a strategy that has made IBM a widely copied company. She is "more than a superb operational executive," Palmisano said. Further, it is also reported that pharmaceutical firm Mylan also declared that Heather Bresch will succeed Robert Coury as CEO. If no women step down before the end of 2011, there will be 18 women running Fortune 500 companies in 2012.

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