Though Watson had to personally secure a loan to reshape the company’s finances, he turned it around in a matter of years and officially incorporated it as International Business Machines in 1923.

Though his father had turned IBM into a tremendously successful company, the firm that Thomas Jr. inherited was largely a mix ... in a span of 6 years and increasing foreign investment. Watson also ...

Thomas J. Watson (1874–1956) Thomas J. Watson was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1923 to 1956. He joined Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. (CTR) as general manager in 1914 ...

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Each year, forty or so intrepid seniors from forty-one partner institutions, including Bowdoin, are awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. They receive $40,000 and one instruction: they must travel ...