22 Facts About Virginia Rometty

Virginia Rometty's previously served as chairman, president and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company.

Virginia Rometty's began attending Northwestern University in Illinois in 1975 on a scholarship from General Motors, where she interned between her junior and senior years.

Virginia Rometty was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, eventually serving as its president.

Virginia Rometty's graduated with high honors from the Robert R McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University in 1979, receiving a bachelor's degree in computer science and electrical engineering.

Virginia Rometty's has received honorary doctoral degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Northwestern University .

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Virginia Rometty's received an honorary degree from North Carolina State University.

Virginia Rometty's spent the 1990s working in sales, and by the late 1990s was helping clients such as Prudential Financial, Inc with their internet features.

Virginia Rometty's was managing partner at IBM Business Consulting Services, Inc and general of manager of Insurance Industry Group.

Virginia Rometty received the Carl Sloane Award 2006 from the Association of Management Consulting Firms.

Virginia Rometty became senior vice president and group executive for sales, marketing, and strategy in 2009, focusing on the company's "fast-growing analytics unit".

Director at IBM since 2012, Virginia Rometty has been involved in IBM organizations such as its Women in Technology Council, Women's Executive Council, and Women's Leadership Council.

Virginia Rometty's remains on the board of overseers and board of managers for the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and since 2013 she has been a council member at the Latin America Conservation Council.

Virginia Rometty serves on the Council on Foreign Relations and is on the board of trustees of her alma mater Northwestern University, where she was commencement speaker for the graduating class of 2015.

Virginia Rometty's was a member of the White House's Business Advisory Panel for much of 2017, before the panel dissolved itself that August.

Virginia Rometty's serves as the co-chair of the Aspen Institute's Cyber Group, a member of the advisory board of Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management, and a member of the Singapore Economic Development Board International Advisory Council.

Virginia Rometty's was named to the Time 100 list in 2012, and in 2014 Rometty was featured in the PBS documentary The Boomer List.

Virginia Rometty's was named to Forbes magazine's "World's 100 Most Powerful People" in 2014, and she ranked No 11 on the 2016 Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Virginia Rometty's was named the sixth most important person in tech by Time magazine in March 2018.

Virginia Rometty's was criticized by investors for 22 consecutive quarters of revenue decline between 2012 and the summer of 2017, and by IBM employees for accepting pay bonuses during times of layoffs and offshoring.

In May 2019, Virginia Rometty received the Edison Achievement Award for her commitment to innovation throughout her career.

Virginia Rometty's goes to Broadway shows and participates in scuba diving as a hobby.

In 2014, Virginia Rometty became the third female member of the Augusta National Golf Club, following the lead of Condoleezza Rice.