Employee supervising the C-T-R Vertical Sorter at the Van Raalte Co., 1920s.
Thomas J. Watson. 1924.
IBM logo. 1924.
A legacy of Inclusion
IBM begins a legacy of inclusion, widening its view of the world ahead of diversity advances yet to come in our nation's history.
1924
C-T-R changes its name to International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation. In a letter to employees, IBM President Thomas J. Watson Sr. writes: "Our new name is particularly adaptable and suitable to our business in view of our increasing growth, the constant development of additions to our line, and our products covering such a wide range in the field of business machinery".