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   Thomas John Watson Sr. (February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956) was an American businessman who was the chairman and CEO of IBM. He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Watson developed IBM's management style and corporate culture from John Henry Patterson's training at NCR.

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   Learn how Thomas J. Watson Jr. led IBM from a tabulating machine company to a global leader in computing and corporate management. He championed diversity, innovation and social responsibility during his tenure from 1956 to 1971.

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   May 5, 2024 · Thomas J. Watson, Jr., American business executive who inherited the leadership of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) from his father, Thomas J. Watson, Sr., and propelled the company into the computer age. His aggressive tactics and heavy research outlays established IBM’s dominance in the industry.

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   Who is Thomas Watson Jr?

   • Thomas Watson Jr. was born on January 14, 1914, just before his father, Thomas J. Watson, was dismissed from his job at cash register company NCR – an act which subsequently drove Watson Sr., to the foundation of the largest and most profitable digital computer manufacturer in the world, IBM Corporation.

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   Why did Watson Jr take over IBM?

   • In a sense, Watson Jr. was founding a new company when he took over IBM, and the need to prove himself meant that he ran the firm like an entrepreneur rather than an heir. Instead of surrounding himself with yes-men, he preferred, he wrote, “sharp, scratchy, harsh, almost unpleasant guys who could see and tell me about things as they really were.”

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   When did Watson become CEO of IBM?

   • Watson became president of IBM in 1952 and was named as the company's CEO shortly before the death of his father, Watson Sr., in 1956. Up to this time IBM was dedicated to electromechanical punched card systems for its commercial products.

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   Was Tom Watson a Liberal?

   • Like his father, Tom Watson Jr. was a political liberal; he refused to permit racial segregation in IBM’s southern plants and opposed Senator Joseph McCarthy’s witch hunts. But they disagreed about nearly everything else, not least the direction of IBM’s core business.

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   Apr 14, 2024 · Thomas J. Watson, Sr. (born February 17, 1874, Campbell, New York, U.S.—died June 19, 1956, New York, New York) was an American industrialist who built the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) into the largest manufacturer of electric typewriters and data-processing equipment in the world. The son of a lumber dealer, Watson ...

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   Learn how Watson transformed a small company into a global giant by focusing on employees, education, sales and innovation. Discover his values, achievements and legacy in the history of IBM and the information technology industry.

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   Thomas John Watson Jr. (January 14, 1914 – December 31, 1993) was an American businessman, diplomat, Army Air Forces pilot, and philanthropist. The son of IBM Corporation founder Thomas J. Watson , he was the second IBM president (1952–71), the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America (1964–68), and the 16th United States ...

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   Dec 13, 2023 · But The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived, a briskly told biography of Thomas J. Watson Jr., IBM’s mid-20th-century CEO, makes clear that the history of the company offers much more than an ...

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