Back in October, when International Business Machines (IBM) announced that Samuel Palmisano would step down as chief executive but remain chairman, we footnoted the enormous exit package he was eligible to collect pretty
but easy to figure it out — something we generally take as a challenge. (See, for example, the likely IBM package for Samuel Palmisano , which we footnoted in October.) In this case, the company doesn’t provide an all-encompassing table or set
president and group executive for sales, marketing, and strategy and has been with the company since 1981. Former CEO Sam Palmisano is the chairman of the board. We are glad the firm used Palmisano's retirement as an opportunity to separate the CEO and
retiring chief executive got on his way out the door. As retirement (or severance) packages go, James O’Donnell is no Samuel Palmisano . But he is getting a handsome sum as he steps down from the top job at American Eagle Outfitters on January 28, a move
footnoted only because it was so widely reported. Still, we felt it deserved to be a nominee) IBM’s outgoing CEO Samuel Palmisano becoming eligible for as much as $170 million in retirement benefits, just by waiting until he was past 60 to announce
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well. But as someone surely said before us, for every hello there’s a goodbye, and in this case it’s goodbye to Samuel Palmisano , who’s stepping down as chief executive of IBM after nearly a decade. The company said he’ll retire when Rometty
chief Virginia Rometty is set to become one of the most powerful women in corporate America after being appointed to replace Sam Palmisano as CEO on January 1. Rometty, who has been at IBM for almost 30 years, made her mark when she led the 2002 integration
(Reuters) - IBM global sales chief Virginia Rometty will take over as CEO from Sam Palmisano in January, becoming one of the most powerful women in business and technology today.
IBM names Virginia Rometty as President and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2012, succeeding Samuel Palmisano who will remain in place as the chairman of the board. Ms. Rometty currently serves as a senior VP for sales, marketing, and