Who is Arvind Krishna?

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By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published: January 31, 2020 5:19:31 pm

Krishna, 57, is presently heading IBM’s cloud and cognitive software unit and was a principal architect of the company’s purchase of Red Hat, which was completed last year. (Image source: Twitter/IBM)

The US-based information technology giant International Business Machines Corp (IBM) on Friday elected Arvind Krishna, an Indian-origin technology executive, as the next Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. Krishna will replace the incumbent CEO Virginia Rometty, 62, on April 6 as the latter is set to retire later this year after serving the company for almost 40 years.

“I am thrilled and humbled to be elected as the next Chief Executive Officer of IBM, and appreciate the confidence that Ginni and the Board have placed in me,” Krishna said in a press statement by IBM.