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Thomas John Watson Sr. (February 17, 1874 – June 19, 1956) was an American businessman who was the chairman and CEO of IBM. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956.
Thomas John Watson Jr. (January 14, 1914 – December 31, 1993) was an American businessman, diplomat, Army Air Forces pilot, and philanthropist. The son of IBM Corporation founder Thomas J. Watson, he was the second IBM president (1952–71), the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America (1964–68), and the 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union (1979–81).
An aerial satellite view of the center's main building. The center, headquarters of IBM's Research division, is named for both Thomas J. Watson, Sr. and Thomas Watson, Jr., who led IBM as president and CEO, respectively, from 1915 when it was known as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company, to 1971.
The "THINK" slogan was first used by Thomas J. Watson in December 1911, while managing the sales and advertising departments at the National Cash Register Company. [1] At an uninspiring sales meeting, Watson interrupted, saying "The trouble with every one of us is that we don't think enough.
The Thomas J. Watson Foundation is a charitable trust formed 1961 in honor of former chairman and CEO of IBM, Thomas J. Watson. [1] The Foundation's stated vision is to empower students “to expand their vision, test and develop their potential, and gain confidence and perspective to do so for others.” [1] The Watson Foundation operates two programs, the Thomas J. Watson Fellowship and the ...
IBM Watson is a computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language. [1] It was developed as a part of IBM's DeepQA project by a research team, led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. [2] Watson was named after IBM's founder and first CEO, industrialist Thomas J. Watson. [3] [4]
Watson's extortionate writings were used as evidence against him. That lesson taught Watson to keep very little in writing after that. In 1914, having been fired from NCR Corporation and with a prison sentence threatening his future, Thomas J. Watson approached Flint, a leading financier, for assistance in finding a similar job. Despite his ...
The Thomas J. Watson Library is the main research library of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and supports the research activities of the museum staff, as well as outside researchers. It is located in the Met's main building, The Met Fifth Avenue .