Researching Lou Gerstner
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11 people with the Gerstner surname? In that year Gerstner was ranked number 3568 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Lou means "Form of LOUIS. Famous in Battle" and is of German origin.
Records of Lou Gerstner on Ancestry
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Some Famous People called Lou Gerstner
Lou Gerstner
Louis Vincent "Lou" Gerstner Jr. (born March 1, 1942) is an American businessman, best known for his tenure as 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 IBM's fortunes around.
Gerstner 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 (1959), Dartmouth College (1963) and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Currently, Gerstner is the chairman of the board of directors of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and chairman of the board of the Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
Gerstner is the author of Who Says Elephants Can't Dance, the best-selling account of IBM's transformation; and he is the co-author of the book Reinventing Education: Entrepreneurship in America's Public Schools.
Source: Lou Gerstner, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Gerstner
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