A biography for Ginni Romettyhasn’t been written yet.
“Everyone talks about how much data's in the world. Except, actually, 80% of it is pretty blind to computers. I mean, it can store it. But if it's a movie, a poem, a song, it doesn't know what it's actually saying or doing.”
“I've always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty.”
“When my father left us, my mother went back to school immediately. She went to school in the day while we were at school, and she worked at night. She worked very hard to never let someone define her as a victim or a failure.”
“IBM existed a good 50 years before mainframes - we started with scales.”
“Steward for the long term. It's not always easy, but you do it.”
“You can engineer change.”
“I've been head of strategy at IBM and together with my colleagues built our five-year plan. My priorities are going to be to continue to execute on that.”
“What has always made IBM a fascinating and compelling place for me is the passion of the company, and its people, to apply technology and scientific thinking to major societal issues.”
“I'm the ninth CEO of IBM. Every one of my predecessors has steered through a technological shift, and every one left the company in a better position than the person before them and prepared this company with a very strong balance sheet to allow it to continue to invest for the next shift.”
“If we would change the basis and align what is taught in school with what is needed with business... that's where I came up with this idea of 'new collar.' Not blue collar or white collar.”
“Work on something that matters. Have courage.”
“I ask everyone's opinion when they don't speak up. And then when they have an opinion, I'll ask others to talk about it.”
“Be first and be lonely.”
“I strongly believe that through dedication and perseverance, one can overcome adversity to achieve success. It is a privilege to accept membership in the Horatio Alger Association, an organization which promotes this principle.”
“One day we're going to look back, and whatever this era will get called, it's going to put a premium on math and science.”
“If you step back and look at technology from every era, it has displaced jobs but also created a lot of jobs.”
“Planes don't fly, trains don't run, banks don't operate without much of what IBM does.”
“When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.”
“You will have many more goals in the years ahead. But do not confuse a goal with a purpose.”
“My mom had not worked a day in her life, and then she woke up when I was 15 and found herself with four children, no job, no money. But she set out and made it all OK for us, and from that, I saw that there's no problem that can't be solved.”