IBM's Ginni Rometty is stepping down, leaving the Fortune 500 with one fewer female CEO
January 31, 2020 at 13:29 PM EST
Rometty, who became IBM's first female CEO in 2012, will be replaced by executive Arvind Krishna who currently serves as the company's senior vice president for cloud and cognitive software. With Rometty's departure on the horizon, Fortune reports that the number of women leading Fortune 500 companies will dwindle from 35 to 34.