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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Thomas_JThomas J. Watson - Wikipedia

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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. [1] [2] 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. [3]

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2. www.ibm.com › ibm › historyIBM Archives: The Tom Watson, Jr. years (1974 retrospective)

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   IBM Archives. At 11:45 a.m., Tuesday, June 29, 1971, Thomas J. Watson, Jr., announced in a nationwide telephone message to employees that he was stepping down as IBM chairman and chief executive officer.

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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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   Does Tom Watson still work at IBM?

   • He said: Although Tom Watson, Jr., retired as an active employee at the end of January , he is still chairman of the executive committee of the board, he still has an office down the hall [in Armonk, N.Y.], and he still has IBM very much on his mind. He remains on our minds, too.

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   When did Thomas Watson die?

   • Thomas Watson died in 1956, one year after his retirement from IBM. During his tenure as head of IBM, Watson created one of the world's largest and most influential corporations. Dominating its markets IBM supplied the business machines upon which U.S. business depended by creating new products to meet customers' needs.

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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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4. www.hbs.edu › detailsThomas J. Watson, Jr. - Leadership - Harvard Business School

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   Leadership →. Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century. Request the Data. Thomas J. Watson, Jr. IBM. 1955–1971. Industry: Computers & Electronics. Era: 1950.

5. www.encyclopedia.com › thomas-john-watsonThomas John Watson | Encyclopedia.com

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   May 11, 2018 · U.S. business executive Thomas J. Watson (1874 – 1956) assumed management of the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924 and built it into one of the world's largest and most respected corporations.

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7. time.com › archive › 6598191THOMAS WATSON JR: Master Of The Mainframe | TIME

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   Dec 7, 1998 · With IBM clearly on top in the early ’60s, Watson took one of the biggest gambles in corporate history. He proposed spending more than $5 billion–about three times IBM’s revenues at the...

8. www.nytimes.com › 1994/01/01 › obituariesI.B.M.'s Computing Pioneer, Thomas Watson Jr., Dies at 79

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   Jan 1, 1994 · Thomas J. Watson Jr., who led I.B.M. and America into the computer age, prompting Fortune magazine to call him "the greatest capitalist who ever lived," died yesterday morning at...