Who is the CEO, Red Hat of IBM?

Matt Hicks is the Chief Executive Officer, Red Hat of IBM, as of July 2026. CEO of Red Hat since 2022; 19 years at Red Hat. Matt reports to Arvind Krishna.

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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. 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.

Reports toArvind Krishna
Contact••••@ibm.com (reveal in Sheets with Derrick)

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Who is Matt Hicks?
Matt Hicks is the Chief Executive Officer, Red Hat of IBM (as of July 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.
How can I contact Matt Hicks at IBM?
You can find and verify Matt Hicks's professional email and direct phone number with Derrick, straight from Google Sheets. IBM's addresses generally follow the first.last@ibm.com pattern, but that individual address is not verified here, so confirm it before reaching out.
Who does Matt Hicks report to?
Matt Hicks reports to Arvind Krishna. See the full org chart on the IBM executives page.

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