Though Watson had to personally secure a loan to reshape the company ... IBM’s biggest achievement however, came when it introduced its first computer in 1952, well behind competitors like Sperry Rand ...

Though his father had turned IBM into a tremendously successful company, the firm that Thomas ... investment. Watson also continued to invest heavily in research and development, and IBM came to ...

Thomas J. Watson (1874–1956) Thomas J. Watson was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1923 to 1956. He joined Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. (CTR) as general manager in 1914 ...