Watson, Thomas J., Sr.
American Business Executive 1874–1956
Thomas John Watson, born on February 17, 1874, was neither an inventor nor a technician, but his contributions to computer science w...
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Thomas J. Watson, Sr.
1874-1956
American businessman who established the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). In 1913 Watson left a sales manager position at the National Cash Register C...
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Thomas J. Watson (1874-1956), American business executive, assumed the management of International Business Machines (IBM) in 1914 and built it into one of the world's largest corporations.Thomas J. W...
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American business executive Thomas J. Watson assumed management of the International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) in 1924 and built it into one of the world's largest and most respected corpora...
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