Arvind Krishna

Arvind Krishna

Indian American business executive (born 1962)

Arvind Krishna (born November 23, 1962) is an Indian-American business executive, and the chairman and CEO of IBM. He has been CEO of IBM since April 2020 and chairman since January 2021. Krishna began his career at IBM in 1990, at its Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and was promoted to senior vice president in 2015, managing IBM Cloud & Cognitive Software and IBM Research divisions.2

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Born 1962.1

About

He was a principal architect of the acquisition of Red Hat, the largest acquisition the company's history.

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Companies

  • IBMPresident Feb 25, 2025 to now12
  • IBMChair Feb 3, 2021 to now13
  • IBMBoard member Jan 1, 2021 to now14
  • IBMChief executive officer Apr 2020 to now15
  • IBMBoard member Apr 10, 2020 to Dec 14, 202016
  • IBMSenior Vice President Jan 9, 2015 to Nov 9, 201617

Early life and education

  • 1980 to 1985Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Bachelor of Technology; electrical engineering3
  • 1985 to 1991University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Science; electrical engineering3
  • Date not recordedStanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School3
  • Date not recordedStanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School3

Krishna was born in a Telugu family in West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India. His father, Major General Vinod Krishna, was an army officer who served in the Indian Army and his mother, Aarathi Krishna, worked for the welfare of Army widows. Krishna studied at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, and at St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun.

Krishna received a Bachelor of Technology degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1985 and a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1991.

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Career

Occupation: chief executive officer.7 8

  • Since 2021Board member, IBM6
  • Since 2020Chief executive, IBM5
  • Date not recordedWorked at IBM4

Professional career

Krishna joined IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1990, and continued in Watson Research for 18 years until 2009. Thereafter, he held a General Manager role in Information management software and systems and technology group of IBM. In 2015, he was promoted to senior vice president of IBM Research. He later became senior vice president of IBM's cloud and cognitive software division.

Krishna also led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing, and blockchain technology. He was a driving force behind IBM's $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, which closed in July 2019.

He was appointed IBM's CEO in January 2020, effective April 6, 2020, succeeding Ginni Rometty who was CEO since 2012. He joined Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen, and Sundar Pichai as an Indian-American CEO of a major United States technology company. In 2021, he was named by CRN as the year's "Most Influential Executive".

Krishna is a member of The Business Council.

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Research

Krishna has co-authored 15 patents, has been the editor of IEEE and ACM journals, and has published extensively in technical journals.

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Personal life

  • Born1962, West Godavari district9

Krishna is married and has two children. He lives in Connecticut.

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