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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.
Internal evolution toward an industry revolution. As IBM’s new leader, Watson Jr. forcefully committed the company’s future to computers, establishing it as a pioneer in an industry that it would come to lead for decades. Making the shift to computers required a complex internal overhaul.
Figlio del fondatore della IBM Corporation Thomas J. Watson, è stato il 2º presidente dell'azienda (1952–71), l'11º presidente nazionale dei Boy Scouts of America (1964–68) e il 16° ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti in Unione Sovietica (1979 –81).
5 mag 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.
1 gen 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 Greenwich...
7 dic 1998 · THOMAS WATSON JR. The man who built IBM into a computer giant was racked by angst at the notion of filling his father's shoes. But worry was a relentless motivator
12 lug 2022 · Thomas J. Watson, Jr. IBM. 1955–1971. Industry: Computers & Electronics. Era: 1950. Though his father had turned IBM into a tremendously successful company, the firm that Thomas Jr. inherited was largely a mix of loosely organized divisions that competed with one another for resources.
