Last updated 7/9/2026

Arvind KrishnaNet Worth Estimate

Estimated Range$120.0M - $170.0M$120,000,000 - $170,000,000

Arvind Krishna's wealth appears to be driven mainly by IBM equity accumulated through a long executive career, not by founder ownership. A current evidence-based estimate is about $120 million to $170 million, with wider scenarios from roughly $95 million to $230 million.

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Drivers

Wealth Breakdown

8 reviewed sources4 high-quality sources

Wealth composition$144,820,2981 source

IBM shares1 input · 1 source · 70/100 confidenceIncluded$109,820,298

Diversified assets and cash1 input · 1 source · 35/100 confidenceIncluded$35,000,000

Estimate

Current Assessment

The strongest public datapoint is a reported holding of 371,894 IBM shares as of February 20, 2026. At IBM's July 9, 2026 closing price of $295.30, that stake is worth about $109.8 million before taxes. Additional wealth likely comes from accumulated compensation, vested equity, retirement assets, and diversified investments, but those items are not fully public. IBM's revenue, market capitalization, and corporate acquisitions are not counted as Krishna's personal wealth.

Key caveats

The share count should be checked against IBM's latest proxy and SEC insider filings.
Unvested equity awards are not treated as current personal net worth.
Private investments, real estate, taxes, family holdings, and liabilities are not fully visible.

Evidence gaps

Current proxy compensation detail
Form 4 transaction history through July 9, 2026
Personal assets and liabilities outside IBM equity

Confidence

Low confidence

52/100

Important source, ownership, or liability gaps materially limit the estimate reliability.

Key Evidence Gaps

IBM 2026 DEF 14A beneficial ownership table and footnotes for Krishna.
SEC Form 4/Form 5 transaction reconciliation through July 9, 2026.
Latest proxy compensation tables distinguishing realized pay, vested stock, option exercises, pension/deferred compensation, and unvested awards.
Northrop Grumman director compensation and share ownership, if material.
Publicly supportable non-IBM assets, real estate, private investments, liabilities, pledges, tax obligations, and family or trust attribution details.

Public Caveats

Low confidence: the estimate is anchored to a secondary reported IBM share count rather than a supplied primary proxy or Form 4 reconciliation.
The reported IBM share stake is marked at the July 9, 2026 closing price and is pre-tax; it may not reflect later vesting, withholding, sales, gifts, pledges, or family/trust attribution.
The non-IBM portion of the range is a scenario assumption for accumulated compensation, retirement assets, sale proceeds, and investments, not a documented asset schedule.
IBM revenue, market capitalization, corporate acquisitions, and unvested future awards are excluded from personal net worth.

Range Model

Scenario Spread

Conservative

$95.0M - $125.0M

Base

$120.0M - $170.0M

Aggressive

$160.0M - $230.0M

Uncertainty Drivers

The 371,894-share count is from a secondary summary and should be checked against IBM's 2026 proxy and SEC Forms 3/4/5.
Share ownership may have changed after February 20, 2026 through vesting, withholding, sales, gifts, or planned transactions.
The run did not retrieve a full current executive compensation table separating realized pay, awarded stock, unvested equity, and option exercises.
No reliable public schedule of cash, diversified investments, retirement assets, real estate, pledges, taxes, or liabilities was found.
Beneficial ownership may include family or trust structures; attribution details were not available in the accessible evidence.

Evidence

Reviewed Signals

Signal	Value	Confidence
Non-founder ownership profile Krishna's ownership is an insider executive holding rather than founder or controlling equity.	Minority insider holding	70/100
Continuing executive compensation context Continued service as IBM CEO implies ongoing salary, bonus, and equity-award compensation, but exact 2025/2026 realized pay was not retrieved in this run.	n/a	45/100
IBM company scale IBM is a large public technology company with tens of billions in annual revenue and significant free cash flow.	$67,500,000,000	90/100
IBM CEO tenure Krishna has led IBM as CEO since 2020 and is chairman, president and CEO in the latest official materials.	CEO since 2020; chairman since 2021	88/100
IBM disclosed shareholding Reported IBM share ownership marked to the July 9, 2026 closing price.	$109,820,298	70/100

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