# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/samuel-j-palmisano
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:47:45.864Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/samuel-j-palmisano"
name: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
slug: "samuel-j-palmisano"
description: "Samuel J. \"Sam\" Palmisano is a former president and the eighth chief executive officer of IBM until January 2012. He also was chairman of the company until October 1, 2012."
tagline: "American businessman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Palmisano_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Business Professionals"
  slug: "business-professionals"
profileType:
  name: "Business Professional"
  slug: "business-professional"
birthDate: "1951-07-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.37
  momentum:             1.075085324232082
  historical:           9.846728
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano"
    title: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano"
    title: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano"
    title: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano"
    title: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano"
    title: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%88%EB%AE%A4%EC%96%BC_%ED%8C%94%EB%AF%B8%EC%82%AC%EB%85%B8"
    title: "새뮤얼 팔미사노"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano"
    title: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano"
    title: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC%D1%8E%D1%8D%D0%BB"
    title: "Палмизано, Сэмюэл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Palmisano"
    title: "Samuel J. Palmisano"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q782805"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump