---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-21-088901"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IBM"
cik: "0000051143"
company_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP"
filed_at: "2021-07-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T07:44:58.908370+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IBM President James Whitehurst steps down, stays as Senior Advisor

## Summary
- James M. Whitehurst steps down as IBM President effective July 1, 2021.
- He will continue as Senior Advisor to IBM, supporting hybrid cloud and AI strategy.
- Whitehurst had served as President since the Red Hat acquisition in 2018; integration now complete.
- No successor named; CEO Arvind Krishna remains in charge.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-21-088901
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IBM
- cik: 0000051143
- company_name: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP
- filed_at: 2021-07-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465921088901/0001104659-21-088901-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465921088901/tm2121384d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-088901
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-088901.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-21-088901.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James M. Whitehurst departed as President at INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President
  source text: Effective July 1, 2021, James M. Whitehurst has decided to step down as IBM President and will no longer serve as an officer of IBM.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/51143/000110465921088901/0001104659-21-088901-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.