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Founder of IBM Ventures Has Just Quit IBM

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 13, 2026

As reported 5 hours ago:

Corporate VC veteran Whiteaker leaves IBM Ventures to launch fund

Some people leave IBM and many people 'leave' IBM (get pushed out in one of many ways). To some, IBM is going nowhere fast, so either they retire early or look for possibilities elsewhere. There are many who get "RA" pink slips and some who get "the message"... when they're marked as "low performers" or get placed on a PIP.

That IBM is not doing well would be an understatement; but the company cooks the books and the mainstream media never wants to talk about it or investigate it.

Kyndryl Holdings Inc

What shall we call a company whose debt is almost twice as large as its "market cap"?

5 years ago the market cap of IBM was 77 billion dollars:

Market cap history of IBM from 1996 to 2026

That's when IBM reported that its so-called 'goodwill' value was ~67 billion dollars:

IBM Goodwill and Intangible Assets 2012-2025 | IBM

Do those numbers add up? What has changed since then? Endless buzzwords-dropping, notably "quantum" and "hey hi".

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