IBM
Founded in 1911, IBM (NYSE: IBM) is a Enterprise Software, Hybrid Cloud and IT Consulting company based in Armonk, United States.
IBM is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, and one of the world's largest providers of enterprise software, hybrid cloud infrastructure and technology consulting. It was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, renamed International Business Machines in 1924, trades on the New York Stock Exchange as IBM and operates in more than 175 countries. Its portfolio spans the watsonx AI platform, Red Hat OpenShift and Enterprise Linux, the Confluent data streaming platform acquired in March 2026, IBM Z and LinuxONE mainframes, IBM Power and Storage systems, and IBM Consulting. Full-year 2025 revenue reached $67.5 billion, up 7.6 percent year over year, with software at $30.0 billion, consulting at $21.1 billion and infrastructure at $15.7 billion. It employs 264,300 people, led by Arvind Krishna (Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer), across roughly 341,757 tracked profiles. Firmographics, leadership, tech stack and similar companies are detailed below, as of August 2026.
Firmographics
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Leadership
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Arvind KrishnaChairman, President and Chief Executive Officerdetails → - JJJames J. KavanaughSenior Vice President, Finance and Operations and Chief Financial Officerdetails →
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Gary D. CohnVice Chairmandetails → - RDRobert D. ThomasSenior Vice President, IBM Software and Chief Commercial Officerdetails →
- MAMohamad AliSenior Vice President, IBM Consultingdetails →
- MHMatt HicksChief Executive Officer, Red Hatdetails →
- RLRic LewisSenior Vice President, IBM Infrastructuredetails →
- DNDinesh NirmalSenior Vice President, Softwaredetails →
- APAna Paula AssisChair, EMEA and Asia Pacificdetails →
- JHJonathan H. AdashekChief Global Affairs Officerdetails →
- NJNickle J. LaMoreauxChief Human Resources Officerdetails →
- AEAnne E. RobinsonChief Legal Officerdetails →
- ASAlex SternSenior Vice President, Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitionsdetails →
- JWJoanne WrightSenior Vice President, Transformation and Operationsdetails →
- ABAndy BaldwinSenior Vice President, Consulting Offerings and Growthdetails →
- NDNeil DharSenior Vice President, Americas Consultingdetails →
- KYKareem YusufSenior Vice President, Ecosystem, Strategic Partners and Initiativesdetails →
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Jay M. GambettaDirector of IBM Researchdetails →
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Employees (~341,757 tracked)
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- IBM announced a strategic go-to-market partnership with OpenAI that embeds frontier models such as GPT-5.6 and products including Codex and ChatGPT Work into IBM Consulting Advantage, and launches a dedicated OpenAI Practice with thousands of consultants and engineers certified through the OpenAI Partner Network · August 2026
- At Hot Chips, IBM unveiled the first dual-architecture mainframe processor for future IBM Z and LinuxONE systems: an 11-core, 2 nanometer design running above 5.7 GHz whose cores natively execute both Arm and IBM Z instructions, the first milestone of the IBM and Arm collaboration established in April 2026 · August 2026
- Second-quarter 2026 revenue was $17.16 billion against $16.98 billion a year earlier, and the company narrowed full-year guidance to constant-currency revenue growth of four to five percent with free cash flow up about $1 billion year over year · July 2026
- IBM completed its acquisition of HRL Laboratories, the research institution formerly owned by Boeing and General Motors, adding silicon-spin qubits, quantum sensing, cryogenics and control electronics to its superconducting quantum roadmap · August 2026
- IBM closed its acquisition of Confluent for a total purchase price of $11.59 billion, bringing the data streaming platform used by more than 6,500 enterprises into the IBM software portfolio · March 2026
- Full-year 2025 revenue reached $67.5 billion, up 7.6 percent as reported, with software of $29.96 billion up 10.6 percent, consulting of $21.06 billion up 1.8 percent and infrastructure of $15.72 billion up 12.1 percent on the IBM z17 launch · February 2026
- Workforce stood at 264,300 people in IBM and wholly owned subsidiaries at December 31, 2025, plus 8,700 in less-than-wholly-owned subsidiaries and a complementary workforce of 13,800 full-time equivalents · February 2026
- IBM owned or leased about 39 million square feet of facilities worldwide at December 31, 2025, split between roughly 17 million square feet in the United States and 22 million outside it, with the Armonk headquarters site owned · February 2026
- IBM added rack mount alongside single frame configurations for IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5, and reported a Power and Storage order backlog of nearly $500 million in Distributed Infrastructure · July 2026
IBM News & media
- IBM Completes Acquisition of HRL Laboratories to Accelerate the Future of Quantum
IBM closed its purchase of HRL Laboratories, whose silicon-spin qubit, quantum sensing, cryogenics and materials science work complements IBM's superconducting roadmap toward the Starling fault-tolerant system expected by 2029. Boeing and General Motors, HRL's former owners, continue to partner with IBM on quantum applications.
- IBM Unveils Next Generation Dual-Architecture Processor for IBM Z and LinuxONE
Announced at Hot Chips, the first dual-architecture mainframe processor is designed so each core natively executes Arm and IBM Z or LinuxONE instructions concurrently, bringing Arm-native Linux environments to IBM mainframes on a 2 nanometer node with 11 cores above 5.7 GHz.
- IBM Partners with OpenAI to Accelerate Secure AI Deployment for Enterprises Across Core Operations
The joint go-to-market partnership embeds OpenAI frontier models and products into IBM Consulting Advantage, targets financial services, government, telecommunications and retail, and creates a dedicated IBM OpenAI Practice staffed by certified consultants and engineers.
- IBM to Acquire HRL Laboratories to Power the Future of Quantum
IBM signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, whose silicon-spin qubit and quantum sensing work extends IBM's plan to scale useful quantum computing. Boeing and General Motors stay partners on quantum applications after the transaction.
- IBM Releases Second-Quarter Results
Second-quarter revenue of $17.16 billion came in roughly flat year over year. IBM now expects full-year constant-currency revenue growth of four to five percent and free cash flow up about $1 billion, while expanding sales coverage across thousands of additional clients.
- IBM Completes Acquisition of Confluent, Making Real Time Data the Engine of Enterprise AI and Agents
IBM closed the purchase of all outstanding Confluent shares for $11.59 billion, adding the data streaming platform relied on by more than 6,500 enterprises, including 40 percent of the Fortune 500.
- International Business Machines Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2025
The filing reports total revenue of $67.5 billion for 2025, a workforce of 264,300 in IBM and wholly owned subsidiaries at December 31, 2025, and about 39 million square feet of facilities worldwide.
- IBM Launches Compact z17 and LinuxONE Systems to Address Data Center Space and Cost Constraints
IBM offered rack mount configurations alongside single frame systems for IBM z17 and LinuxONE 5 for the first time, with new AI and automation software upgrades aimed at constrained data centers.
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