• Louis Gerstner, IBM Turnaround CEO, 83

    From danny burstein@dannyb@panix.com to alt.obituaries on Mon Dec 29 23:31:02 2025
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    [Jewish news aggregator]

    Louis Gerstner, IBM Turnaround CEO and Philanthropic Supporter of Jewish Causes, Dies at 83

    Louis Gerstner, the tough-minded executive credited with rescuing IBM from financial peril and reshaping it for a new era, has died. He was 83.

    BM confirmed Gerstner's death in a message to employees. No cause of
    death was disclosed.

    Gerstner took over IBM in 1993 as the iconic technology company was
    suffering deep losses, internal fragmentation and widespread predictions
    that it would be broken apart.
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