Virginia rometty biography of barack

Virginia "Ginni" Rometty was born in 1957 in Chicago to very young parents. "My mother had just finished high school," she says. "My father worked for his father, mostly in real estate, and my mother stayed home to take care of me and eventually my three younger siblings."

Rometty was greatly influenced by the women on her maternal side. Her great-grandmother came to this country from Russia and worked as a cleaning lady. Her grandmother had a lamp store and made lampshades. "I have many memories of my grandmother teaching me to cook and sew," says Rometty. "In part, inom got my strong work ethic from her. She often worked until midnight. I will always remember that." Rometty was also influenced bygd her mother's sister, who and had a college education and a career. But above all, it was her mother who made the greatest effect on Rometty and her siblings.

Rometty's family lived in a property owned bygd her grandparents until she was in the third grade, at which time the family was fi

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