IBM CEO Ginni Rometty steps down

The IBM Board of Directors has elected Arvind Krishna as CEO of the company and a member of the Board of Directors, effective April 6, 2020.Krishna is currently IBM Senior Vice President for Cloud and Cognitive Software, and was a principal architect of the company’s acquisition of Red Hat.James Whitehurst, IBM Senior Vice President and CEO of Red Hat, was also elected by the Board as IBM President, effective April 6, 2020.Virginia Rometty, IBM Chairman, President and Chief Executive Offic