International Business Machines Corporate

Logo as of 1972
IBM Watson system in 2011
Type	Public company
Traded as	NYSE: IBM DJIA Component S&P 100 Component S&P 500 Component
ISIN	US4592001014
Industry	Cloud computing Cognitive computing
Founded	June 16, 1911; 112 years ago (1911-06-16) (as Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company) Endicott, New York, U.S.
Founder	Charles Ranlett Flint
Headquarters	Armonk, New York , U.S.
Area served	177 countries
Key people	Ginni Rometty (Chairwoman, President and CEO)
Revenue	US $79.139 billion (2017)
Operating income	US $11.400 billion (2017)
Net income	US $5.753 billion (2017)
Total assets	US $125.35 billion (2017)
Total equity	US $17.594 billion (2017)
Number of employees	380,300 (2017)
Website	www.ibm.com

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a multinational technology company from the United States that makes and sells software, computer hardware, infrastructure services, and consulting services. IBM is one of the biggest Information Technology companies in the world. IBM has had the most patents of any technology company for many years, and has made many important inventions and discoveries that have improved computers.