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Arvind Krishna is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM, as of July 2026. CEO since April 2020; chairman since January 2021.

AKArvind Krishna
Arvind Krishna Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, IBM CEO since April 2020; chairman since January 2021

Arvind Krishna is chairman, president and chief executive officer of IBM, a role he has held since April 2020, having become chairman in January 2021. Over a 30-year career at IBM he built and expanded new markets in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing and blockchain, and drove the $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat that defined the company's hybrid cloud strategy. He previously ran Cloud and Cognitive Software, where he pioneered the hybrid cloud business and reshaped IBM's software and services portfolio, and headed IBM Research. He founded IBM's security software business, helped create the first commercial wireless system, and sits on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Northrop Grumman.

EducationIndian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (BTech); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD)
Contact••••@ibm.com (reveal in Sheets with Derrick)

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Who is Arvind Krishna?
Arvind Krishna is the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM (as of July 2026). CEO since April 2020; chairman since January 2021. You can see their background and career history above.
What is Arvind Krishna's background?
Arvind Krishna is chairman, president and chief executive officer of IBM, a role he has held since April 2020, having become chairman in January 2021. Over a 30-year career at IBM he built and expanded new markets in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing and blockchain, and drove the $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat that defined the company's hybrid cloud strategy. He previously ran Cloud and Cognitive Software, where he pioneered the hybrid cloud business and reshaped IBM's software and services portfolio, and headed IBM Research. He founded IBM's security software business, helped create the first commercial wireless system, and sits on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Northrop Grumman.
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