Biography on thomas watson jr family
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Watson, Thomas, Sr., and Thomas, Jr.
Thomas Watson (–) and his son, Thomas Watson Jr. (–), were important twentieth-century American businessmen.
Biography on thomas watson jr family
The elder Watson was president of International Business Machines (hereafter, IBM) from until , just before his death; he was instrumental in both encouraging IBM's initial growth and making it an international company. Thomas Watson Jr.
was the CEO of IBM from until , during the period of IBM's fastest growth; he turned it from a typewriter company into a computer company and continued his father's work of making IBM larger and more internationally competitive.
Watson Sr.
was a salesman for the National Cash Register Company, where he coined the motto, "THINK," which later became famous as IBM's motto. He joined the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in , becoming president on May 1, In the company changed its name to International Business Machines Corporation.
In September he was named chairman of IBM, and he made the company so