# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/louis-v-gerstner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:14:41.749Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/louis-v-gerstner"
name: "Louis V. Gerstner"
slug: "louis-v-gerstner"
description: "Louis Vincent Gerstner Jr. was an American businessman, best known for his tenure as chairman and chief executive officer of IBM from April 1993 until 2002, when he retired as CEO in March and chairman in December. He is largely credited with turning IBM's fortunes around. Lou Gerstner was the chairman of Gerstner Philanthropies."
tagline: "American businessman (1942-2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lou_Gerstner_IBM_CEO_1995.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1942-03-01"
deathDate: "2025-12-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.95425466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump