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Ginni Rometty

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Virginia Marie Rometty is an American business executive who was executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1, 2020. She was previously chairman, president and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company. She retired from IBM on December 31, 2020, after a near-40 year career there. Before becoming president and CEO in January 2012, she first joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1981 and subsequently headed global sales, marketing, and strategy.

Across 1 conversation, Ginni Rometty ranges across good power, inclusion, skills development. Ginni Rometty reduced IBM's management layers by half to enhance decision-making speed and autonomy. Rometty's leadership focused on hiring for curiosity and adaptability, addressing a skills gap where only 2 out of 10 employees had modern skills.

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