Thomas Watson, Jr.

Thomas John Watson, Jr. ( born January 14, 1914 in Dayton, Ohio; † 31 December 1993) was the head of IBM from 1952 until 1971.

He was the eldest son of Thomas J. Watson. Watson led to the beginning of the commitment by IBM in the mainframe market. The main competitor was the Remington Rand company. In addition, he was from 1979 to 1981 the United States ambassador to the Soviet Union.