Arvind Krishna ascends beyond cloud at IBM

Arvind Krishna will take charge as chief executive officer of IBM Corp in April, joining the elite ranks of India-born technology czars who lead some of the world’s most valuable and consequential corporations that are battling for supremacy in the digital sweepstakes.

The 57-year-old Krishna’s ascension to the top job at IBM comes weeks after technology behemoth Alphabet elevated former Google chief Sundar Pichai as its CEO. Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen complete this desi quartet that is charting the fortunes of the four global technology powerhouses with a cumulative market capitalisation of $2.6 trillion.