Louis V. Gerstner, Who Revived a Faltering IBM in the β90s, Dies at 83 NYT: Technology By:Steve Lohr 29 December 2025 at 18:20 Installed as an outsider, he engineered a comeback, shifting the companyβs focus from a waning mainframe computer business toward consulting and services. Β© Richard L. Harbus for The New York TimesLouis V. Gerstner Jr. in his office at IBMβs headquarters in Armonk, N.Y., in 2001. He was with Dr. Yvette Burton, a technology consultant.