Under him, IBM was admired for what he described as its ‘pursuit of excellence, service to the customer and respect for the individual’
Under him, IBM was admired for what he described as its ‘pursuit of excellence, service to the customer and respect for the individual’
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Gerstner was chair and CEO at a time when the firm was struggling for relevance faced with rivals such as Microsoft
Gerstner moved to IBM from being the CEO of RJR Nabisco in April 1993 after stints at American Express and McKinsey, becoming the…
He built a close rapport with stars of classical music including Leonard Bernstein and in one year alone his department screened…
He codified internal guidelines about Whitehall’s relationship to select committees, and the Cabinet Office cat Ossie was named…
He reluctantly became chief executive of the nationalised British Shipbuilders under Labour, then returned as chairman under…
Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing.
