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Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

Born

in Mineola, New York, The United States

March 01, 1942

Genre

Business

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Louis V. Gerstner Jr. was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until 2002 when he retired as CEO in March and chairman in December. He is largely credited with turning around IBM's fortunes.

He was formerly CEO of RJR Nabisco, and also held senior positions at American Express and McKinsey & Company. He is a graduate of Chaminade High School, Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

In January 2003, he assumed the position of chairman of The Carlyle Group, a global private equity firm located in Washington, DC. He retired from that position in October 2008 and remains a senior advisor to The Carlyle Group. ...more

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Average rating: 3.91 · 7,430 ratings · 337 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround 3.91 avg rating — 7,453 ratings — published 2002 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reinventing Education: Entrepreneurship in America's Public Schools by Louis V. Gerstner Jr., William B. Johnston, Roger D. Semerad 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Says Elephants Can't Dance? Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround by Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Herrmann Edward it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“So, execution is really the critical part of a successful strategy. Getting it done, getting it done right, getting it done better than the next person is far more important than dreaming up new visions of the future.”
― Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise Through Dramatic Change

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“I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn’t just one aspect of the game—it is the game.”
― Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise Through Dramatic Change

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“human-intensive services business is entirely different. In services you don’t make a product and then sell it. You sell a capability. You sell knowledge. You create it at the same time you deliver it. The business model is different. The economics are entirely different.”
― Louis V. Gerstner Jr., Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Leading a Great Enterprise Through Dramatic Change

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