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IBM Acquisitions and Goodwill Growth by Year by CEO through 2023

Date Published: July 28, 2021
Date Modified: April 16, 2024

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SFAS No. 142 eliminates the amortization of goodwill, requires annual impairment testing of goodwill and introduces the concept of indefinite life intangible assets. It was adopted on January 1, 2002. The new rules also prohibit the amortization of goodwill associated with business combinations that close after June 30, 2001.

IBM 2001 Annual Report

To understand how IBM's usage of this 2001 accounting change for its 224 acquisitions (2001-2023) listed here at a total cost of $99.2 billion (and $70.3 billion of Goodwill) has been increasing shareholder risk read this article: [Shareholder Risk]

Arvind Krishna's
Acquisitions and Goodwill

Total Acquisitions: 39 acquisitions
Total Outlay: $11.9 Billion
Goodwill: $8.95 Billion
List of Acquisitions: 2020 to 2023

Virginia M. Rometty’s Acquisitions and Goodwill

Total Acquisitions: 64 acquisitions
Total Outlay: $52.5 Billion
Goodwill: $35.6 Billion
List of Acquisitions: 2012 to 2019

Samuel J. Palmisano’s Acquisitions and Goodwill

Total Acquisitions: 119 Acquisitions
Total Outlay: $33.7 Billion
Goodwill: 25.2 Billion
List of Acquisitions: 2002 to 2011

Louis V. Gerstner’s Acquisitions and Goodwill

Total Acquisitions: 2 Acquisitions
Total Outlay: $1.1 Billion
Goodwill: $.62 Billion
List of Acquisitions: 2001

Louis V. Gerstner (select individual yearly image to enlarge or CTRL++ to zoom closer)

Image of spreadsheet headings showing the following information for IBM: Year of Acquisition, Number of Current Year Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Acquisitions, Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2001 Acquisitions by Louis V. (Lou) Gerstner with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Samuel J. Palmisano (select individual yearly image to enlarge or CTRL++ to zoom closer)

Image showing IBM's 2002 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2003 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2004 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2005 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2006 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2007 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2008 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2009 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2010 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2011 Acquisitions by Samuel J. (Sam) Palmisano with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Virginia M. Rometty (select individual yearly image to enlarge or CTRL++ to zoom closer)

Image showing IBM's 2012 Acquisitions by Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2013 Acquisitions by Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2014 Acquisitions by Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2015 Acquisitions by Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2016 Acquisitions by Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2017 Acquisitions by Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2018 Acquisitions by Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Image showing IBM's 2019 Acquisitions by Virginia M. (Ginni) Rometty with the following information: Year of Acquisition, Number of Acquisitions, Prior Years' Total Number of Acquisitions since 2001, Listing of Key Acquisitions, Total Assets Acquired, Total Net Assets Acquired, Amount of Goodwill, and Goodwill Percentage.

Arvind Krishna (select individual yearly image to enlarge or CTRL++ to zoom closer)

A high-quality Image showing IBM's 2020 Acquisitions by Arvind Krishna.

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A high-quality Image showing IBM's 2022 Acquisitions by Arvind Krishna.

A high-quality Image showing IBM's 2023 Acquisitions by Arvind Krishna.

IBM Total Acquisitions and Goodwill 2001 through 2023 (select image or CTRL++ to zoom closer)

A high-quality image showing IBM's total acquisitions from 2001 through 2023 including total purchase price, goodwill amount, and goodwill percentage.

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