IBM names Arvind Krishna as its new CEO

Indian-origin technology executive Arvind Krishna has been named as the chief executive officer of American IT giant International Business Machines (IBM). The IBM Board of Directors elected Krishna as company CEO and member of the Board of Directors effective April 6 2020. Krishna is currently IBM senior vice president for cloud and cognitive software. "I am thrilled and humbled to be elected as the next chief executive officer of IBM," says Krishna. "IBM has such talented people and technology that we can bring together to help our clients solve their toughest problems," he added. Arvind Krishna's story is similar to those of many Indians in the US tech industry -- he finished a degree from IIT Kanpur, before moving to the US to complete his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.