Lex Fridman Podcast #362 – Lex Fridman & Ginni Rometty
Topics Discussed: IBM, Hiring, Leadership, Hard work, Adversity, Power, Sacrifice, Taking over as CEO, Negotiating, Deep Blue vs Garry Kasparov, IBM Watson, Work-life balance, Advice for young people.
Ginni Rometty
Ginni Rometty is an American business executive who served as executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1, 2020. She previously served as 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 at IBM. Prior to 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. While general manager of IBM's global services division, in 2002 she helped negotiate IBM's purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers' IT consulting business, becoming known for her work integrating the two companies. As CEO, she focused IBM on analytics, cloud computing, and cognitive computing systems.
Books Mentioned in this Podcast with Lex Fridman & Ginni Rometty:
Book Title: Good Power: Leaving Positive Change in Our Lives, Work, and World
Author: Ginni Rometty