IBM stands for International Business Machines. ¹⁾

Six IBM workers in various categories have been awarded the Nobel Prize. Five National Medals of Science (USA), 10 National Medals of Technology (USA) and six Turing Awards have also been won by IBM employees. ²⁾

IBM employs 431,212 people worldwide (data from 2015). ³⁾

In order to help NASA monitor the Mercury astronauts' orbital flight, IBM delegated over 4,000 workers to operate computer systems. ⁴⁾

In 2019, IBM produced revenues of approximately $77 billion. IBM's net income was around $9 billion. IBM is one of the top ten firms in the world in terms of sales. ⁵⁾