International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

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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: 380,300

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Age
Mrs. Virginia M. Rometty	Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Pres	7.48M	751.77k	60
Mr. Martin J. Schroeter	Chief Financial Officer and Sr. VP	1.97M	10.64k	53
Mr. Martin Jetter	Sr. VP of IBM Global Technology Services	3.65M	N/A	58
Dr. John E. Kelly III	Sr. VP of IBM Cognitive Solutions and IBM Research	1.92M	698.29k	63
Mr. Erich Clementi	Sr. VP of IBM Global Markets	1.74M	300.54k	59

Amounts are as of 31 December 2016, 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 provides information technology (IT) products and services worldwide. Its Cognitive Solutions segment includes Watson, a cognitive computing platform that interacts in natural language, processes big data, and learns from interactions with people and computers. The company’s Cognitive Solutions segment also offers data and analytics solutions, including analytics and data management platforms, cloud data services, enterprise social software, talent management solutions, and solutions tailored by industry; and transaction processing software that runs mission-critical systems 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 business process outsourcing services. Its Technology Services & Cloud Platforms segment provides cloud, project-based, outsourcing, and other managed services for enterprise IT infrastructure environments. This segment also offers technical support, and software and solution support; 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 for z systems. Its Global Financing segment provides lease, installment payment plans, and loan financing services; short-term inventory and accounts receivable financing to suppliers, distributors, and remarketers; and remanufacturing and remarketing services. It has a strategic collaboration with ABB Ltd to develop industrial artificial intelligence solutions. The company was formerly known as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. and changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation in 1924. The company was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Armonk, New York.

Corporate governance

International Business Machines Corporation’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 1 September 2017 is 10. The pillar scores are Audit: 2; Board: 9; Shareholder rights: 5; Compensation: 10.

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.