Thomas J. Watson, Jr. became CEO of IBM in May 1956. Watson successfully transitioned IBM from the age of mechanical office equipment into the computer era during its most explosive period of growth. When Watson assumed the CEO position, IBM employed 72,500 people and had revenue of $892 million. When he stepped down in 1971, there were more than 270,000 employees and revenue hit $8.3 billion.
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