Lou Gerstner
Lou Gerstner | |
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Gerstner c. 1995 | |
| Born | Louis Vincent Gerstner Jr. March 1, 1942 Mineola, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Dartmouth College (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |
| Occupation(s) | Former Chairman and CEO, RJR Nabisco (1989-1993) Former Chairman and CEO, IBM (1993-2002) Former Chairman, The Carlyle Group (2003-2008) |
| Known for | Leading IBM's historic corporate turnaround in the 1990s |
| Board member of | Chairman, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (2013-2021) Chairman, Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (2014-present) |
| Spouse | Robin Gerstner |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Louis Vincent Gerstner Jr. (born March 1, 1942) is an American businessman, best known for his tenure as chairman and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until 2002, when he retired as CEO in March and chairman in December. He is largely credited with turning IBM's fortunes around. Gerstner is chairman of Gerstner Philanthropies.
Gerstner was formerly CEO of RJR Nabisco, and held senior positions at American Express and McKinsey & Company. He is a graduate of Chaminade High School (1959), Dartmouth College (1963) and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School
Gerstner was chairman of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and is chairman emeritus of the board of the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Gerstner is the author of Who Says Elephants Can't Dance, about IBM's transformation; and co-author of the book Reinventing Education: Entrepreneurship in America's Public Schools.