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Ginni Rometty
Rometty at the 2011 Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit
Born	1958 (age 65–66)
Nationality	American
Education	Northwestern University (B.S.)
Employer	IBM
Title	Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Predecessor	Samuel J. Palmisano

Virginia Marie "Ginni" Rometty (born July 1957 or 1958) is an American business executive. She is the current Chairman and CEO of IBM, and the first woman to head the company. Prior to becoming president and CEO in January 2012 she held the position of Senior Vice President and Group Executive for Sales, Marketing, and Strategy at IBM. She has been named to Fortune magazine's "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" for eight consecutive years, ranking #1 for 2012, and she was ranked #15 on Forbes magazine's "World's 100 Most Powerful Women" for the same year. She was also named to the Time 100 in 2012, and was included in the 50 Most Influential list of Bloomberg Markets Magazine in September 2012.

Early life and education

Boards and honors

Rometty is on the Board of Trustees of her alma mater Northwestern University, as well as on the Board of Overseers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and on The Deming Cup's committee at Columbia Business School, which recognizes individuals for operational excellence. She also served on the Board of Directors of AIG from 2006 until 2009.

References

1. "IBM Names Rometty to Succeed Palmisano as First Female CEO". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
2. "IBM's Ginni Rometty Completes Her Ascent by Adding Chairman Role". Bloomberg. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
3. "1. Ginni Rometty". Fortune. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
4. "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women 2012 - Forbes. Ginni Rometty". Forbes. 22 August 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
5. Mayer, Marissa (18 April 2012). "The 100 Most Influential People in the World". Time. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
6. "2010 Annual Report" (PDF). Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
7. "Virginia M Rometty biography". IBM. January 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
8. IBM's Rometty Breaks Ground as Company's First Female Leader. Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 26 October 2011.

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