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Thomas J. Watson

1874 - 1956

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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. He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Watson developed IBM's management style and corporate culture from John Henry Patterson's training at NCR. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas J. Watson has received more than 1,201,429 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas J. Watson is the 172nd most popular businessperson (up from 176th in 2019), the 1,896th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,949th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 32

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  • 3.49

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Thomas J. Watson ranks 172 out of 847. Before him are Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, Shin Kyuk-ho, Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Stanley Ho, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, and Jack Daniel. After him are Axel Springer, Johns Hopkins, Bernard Baruch, Lady Bird Johnson, Ted Turner, and Martha Stewart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Thomas J. Watson ranks 55. Before him are D. F. Malan, Henri Farman, Elsa Beskow, Albin Lermusiaux, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, and Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels. After him are André-Louis Debierne, Franz Schmidt, Isaac Carasso, Martin Lowry, Emilie Louise Flöge, and Carl Schlechter. Among people deceased in 1956, Thomas J. Watson ranks 56. Before him are Erich Kleiber, Hiram Bingham III, Infante Alfonso of Spain, Otto Schmidt, Max Emmerich, and Drastamat Kanayan. After him are Pío Baroja, Josep Puig i Cadafalch, Michael Ventris, Nikolaj Velimirović, Elpidio Quirino, and Reşat Nuri Güntekin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas J. Watson ranks 1,896 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles W. Morris (1903), Cyrus Vance (1917), Victor French (1934), Jim Garrison (1921), Liv Tyler (1977), and Edward T. Hall (1914). After him are Gary Busey (1944), Louis Zamperini (1917), Don Murray (1929), Peter Criss (1945), Ken Norton (1943), and Ernie Hudson (1945).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Thomas J. Watson ranks 53. Before him are John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874), Lee Iacocca (1924), Henry Ford II (1917), Malcolm Glazer (1928), Johnny Kitagawa (1931), and Jack Daniel (1850). After him are Johns Hopkins (1795), Bernard Baruch (1870), Lady Bird Johnson (1912), Ted Turner (1938), Martha Stewart (1941), and Marissa Mayer (1975).

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