Thomas J. Watson (Campbell, New York, 1874. február 17. – New York, 1956. június 19. ) az IBM első elnöke volt.
Tiszteletére az IBM róla nevezte el legújabb szuperszámítógépét, Watsont.
Irodalom Belden, Thomas Graham; Belden, Marva Robins (1962). The Lengthening Shadow: The Life of Thomas J. Watson. Boston: Little, Brown and Co. 332 pp. OCLC 237220 Greulich, Peter E. (2011) The World's Greatest Salesman: An IBM Caretaker's Perspective: Looking Back. Austin, TX: MBI Concepts. Greulich, Peter E. (2012) Tom Watson Sr. Essays on Leadership: Volume 1, Democracy in Business. Austin, TX: MBI Concepts. (electronic version only) Greulich, Peter E. (2012) Tom Watson Sr. Essays on Leadership: Volume 2, We Are All Assistants. Austin, TX: MBI Concepts. (electronic version only) Greulich, Peter E. (2012) Tom Watson Sr. Essays on Leadership: Volume 3, We Forgive Thoughtful Mistakes. Austin, TX: MBI Concepts. (electronic version only) Maney, Kevin (2003). The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson, Sr. and the Making of IBM. John Wiley & Sons. Ridgeway, George L. (1938) Merchants of Peace: Twenty Years of Business Diplomacy Through the International Chamber of Commerce 1919-1938, Columbia University Press, 419pp. There is a 1959 revised edition. Rodgers, William H. (1969) THINK: A Biography of the Watsons and IBM. New York: Stein and Day. Sobel, Robert (2000). Thomas Watson, Sr.: IBM and the Computer Revolution. Washington: BeardBooks. Tedlow, Richard S. (2003). The Watson Dynasty: The Fiery Reign and Troubled Legacy of IBM's Founding Father and Son. New York: HarperBusiness.
Wilson, John S. (1959). Scouting Round the World. Blandford Press. pp. 186–272. OCLC 58863729
Jegyzetek
További információk Oral history interview with Thomas J. Watson, Jr., April 25, 1985, Armonk, New York, Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota Audio recordings of Thomas J. Watson speaking at The Metropolitan Museum of Art "Thomas J. Watson Sr. Is Dead; I.B.M. Board Chairman Was 82". The New York Times. June 20. 1956. The IBM Songbook . First Usenet Posting of the misquote IBM biography of Watson Ancestry.com site
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