IBM - International Business Machines Corporation

International Business Machines Corporation

1 New Orchard Road
Armonk, NY 10504
United States
914 499 1900
http://www.ibm.com

Sector: Technology
Industry: Information Technology Services
Full-time employees: 350,600

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Ms. Virginia M. Rometty	Chairman, Pres & CEO	6.75M	N/A	1959
Mr. James J. Kavanaugh	Sr. VP & CFO	1.61M	N/A	1967
Dr. John E. Kelly III	Exec. VP	1.73M	N/A	1954
Mr. Martin J. Schroeter	Sr. VP of IBM Global Markets Global Financing, Marketing & Communications	2.15M	N/A	1964
Mr. Fletcher Previn	Chief Information Officer	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2018, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

International Business Machines Corporation operates as an integrated technology and services company worldwide. Its Cognitive Solutions segment offers a portfolio of enterprise artificial intelligence platforms, such as analytics and data management platforms, cloud data services, talent management, and industry solutions primarily under the Watson Platform, Watson Health, and Watson Internet of Things names. This segment also offers transaction processing software for use in banking, airlines, and retail industries. The company's Global Business Services segment offers business consulting services; delivers system integration, application management, maintenance, and support services for packaged software applications; and finance, procurement, talent and engagement, and industry-specific business process outsourcing services. Its Technology Services & Cloud Platforms segment provides project, managed, outsourcing, and cloud-delivered services for enterprise IT infrastructure environments; technical, and software and solution support services; and integration software solutions. The company's Systems segment offers servers for businesses, cloud service providers, and scientific computing organizations; data storage products and solutions; and z/OS, an enterprise operating system. Its Global Financing segment provides lease, installment payment plans, and loan financing services; short-term working capital financing to suppliers, distributors, and resellers; and remanufacturing and remarketing services. The company serves financial services institutions, airlines, manufacturers, and consumer goods and retail companies. International Business Machines Corporation has a strategic partnership with Cloudera to develop joint go-to-market programs. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. The company was incorporated in 1911 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.

Corporate governance

International Business Machines Corporation’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 4 October 2019 is 6. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 6; Shareholder rights: 3; Compensation: 9.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.