Louis Gerstner
Louis 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 around IBM's fortunes...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth1 March 1942
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In 2001, the company faces concerns that economic softness in the United States could worsen and expand into non-U.S. markets, ... Increasingly aggressive price competition and the potential effects of ongoing adverse currency movements are other areas of volatility.
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This was a solid quarter, with earnings per share up 20 percent and an acceleration of revenue growth relative to the first half of the year,
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We would like to have seen more revenue in the quarter, but we were held back by three items, ... First, demand for our microelectronics products -- from both outside customers and internal IBM customers -- far outstripped our ability to supply components. Second, the upcoming release of our new high-end server slowed demand for the System/390 family of servers. Finally, parts of our software business slowed unexpectedly in September.