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    American businessman

    Louis Vincent Gerstner Jr.is an American businessman, best known for his tenure as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until 2002, when he retired as CEO in March and chairman in December.

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    About the Lou Gerstner

    Louis Vincent Gerstner Jr.is an American businessman, best known for his tenure as chairman of the board 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 was formerly CEO of RJR Nabisco, and also held senior positions at American Express and McKinsey & Company. He is a graduate of Chaminade High Schooland holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

    Gerstner was formerly the chairman of the board of directors of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and is currently 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, the best-selling account of IBM’s transformation; and he is the co-author of the book Reinventing Education: Entrepreneurship in America’s Public Schools.

    5 Quotes by Lou Gerstner

    1. 1.

      You can never be comfortable with your success, you’ve got to be paranoid you’re going to lose it.

      Lou Gerstner

      American businessman

    2. 2.

      Watch the turtle. He only moves forward by sticking his neck out.

      Lou Gerstner

      American businessman

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      This really is a merger of equals. I wouldn’t have come back to work for anything less than this fantastic opportunity. This lets me combine my two great loves – technology and biscuits.

      Lou Gerstner

      American businessman

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      If life was so easy that you could just go buy success, there would be a lot more successful companies in the world. Successful enterprises are built from the ground up.

      Lou Gerstner

      American businessman

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      I want to become a student. I want to read Chinese history and go on a dig.

      Lou Gerstner

      American businessman