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Matt Hicks has been the Chief Executive Officer, Red Hat of IBM since 2022 and reports to Arvind Krishna. An early advocate for containers, he was a founding engineer on the OpenShift team, and he has since deepened Red Hat's AI investment with OpenShift AI, Red Hat Inference Server and the acquisition of Neural Magic behind the vLLM project. Matt is one of 18 tracked leaders at the company.

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Matt Hicks
Chief Executive Officer, Red Hat, IBM
CEO of Red Hat since 2022; 19 years at Red Hat

Matt Hicks is president and chief executive officer of Red Hat, the enterprise open source subsidiary of IBM, a role he has held since 2022. With 25 years in enterprise technology and 19 at Red Hat, he helped take the company from a Linux vendor to a multi-billion dollar leader in open source infrastructure, previously serving as executive vice president of products and technologies.

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Arvind Krishna
Email
••••@ibm.com

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RDRobert D. ThomasSenior Vice President, IBM Software and Chief Commercial Officer ••••@ibm.com
MAMohamad AliSenior Vice President, IBM Consulting ••••@ibm.com
RLRic LewisSenior Vice President, IBM Infrastructure ••••@ibm.com
DNDinesh NirmalSenior Vice President, Software ••••@ibm.com
APAna Paula AssisChair, EMEA and Asia Pacific ••••@ibm.com
JHJonathan H. AdashekChief Global Affairs Officer ••••@ibm.com
NJNickle J. LaMoreauxChief Human Resources Officer ••••@ibm.com
AEAnne E. RobinsonChief Legal Officer ••••@ibm.com
ASAlex SternSenior Vice President, Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions ••••@ibm.com
JWJoanne WrightSenior Vice President, Transformation and Operations ••••@ibm.com
ABAndy BaldwinSenior Vice President, Consulting Offerings and Growth ••••@ibm.com
NDNeil DharSenior Vice President, Americas Consulting ••••@ibm.com
KYKareem YusufSenior Vice President, Ecosystem, Strategic Partners and Initiatives ••••@ibm.com
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Who is Matt Hicks?

Matt Hicks is the Chief Executive Officer, Red Hat of IBM (as of August 2026). CEO of Red Hat since 2022; 19 years at Red Hat. You can see their background and career history above.

What is Matt Hicks's background?

Matt Hicks is president and chief executive officer of Red Hat, the enterprise open source subsidiary of IBM, a role he has held since 2022. With 25 years in enterprise technology and 19 at Red Hat, he helped take the company from a Linux vendor to a multi-billion dollar leader in open source infrastructure, previously serving as executive vice president of products and technologies. An early advocate for containers, he was a founding engineer on the OpenShift team, and he has since deepened Red Hat's AI investment with OpenShift AI, Red Hat Inference Server and the acquisition of Neural Magic behind the vLLM project.

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Who does Matt Hicks report to?

Matt Hicks reports to Arvind Krishna. See the full org chart on the IBM executives page.