Alumnus Pens Story on Rise of IBM

Ralph McElvenny ’87 (left) with Matthew Grieco ’87 (right) at McElvenny’s book party at NY Society Library.

This past October, Ralph McElvenny ’87 published his new book, “The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived,” which chronicles the rise of IBM under his grandfather, Thomas Watson, Jr. In a review from the New York Times, McElvenny was praised for how he “spins the Watsons into near-Shakespearean figures,” chronicling a compelling story of the family struggles that forged a tech giant. He was recently joined by fellow Browning classmates and former Dean of Faculty Michael Ingrisani at a book party on the Upper East Side.

The full review of “The Greatest Capitalist Who Ever Lived” from the New York Times can be read here.