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Events on Thursday 14 February 1924 2
1924CTR renamed International Business MachinesThomas Watson renames the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company to International Business Machines Corporation on 14 February 1924 — a name that projects global ambition far beyond the company's current size. IBM at the time has revenues of $11 million and 3,000 employees. The name change signals Watson's determination to build a global enterprise. The IBM acronym and the associated culture of professionalism, reliability and customer service will define the company for a century.
1924International Business Machines foundedComputing-Tabulating-Recording Company renamed IBMOn 14 February 1924, Thomas J. Watson renamed the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company as International Business Machines. IBM went on to become one of the dominant technology companies of the 20th century.