Ginny Asked About Augusta Membership, Answers With Laugh

Beth Jinks of Bloomberg on a shareholder asking the IBM CEO if she's been admitted to Augusta National, as her predecessors had.

"I’m certainly very happy about our CEO and be anxious to know if she’s a member of Augusta?” the unidentified male shareholder asked at the meeting in North Charleston, South Carolina. “No response is required,” he added.

Rometty, 54, didn’t answer while the room was filled with laughter. Chairman Sam Palmisano, standing next to her on the stage, thanked the shareholder for the “very kind comment.”

“We were all curious as to when that would come up,” Palmisano said. “But thank you again. Can I have another question please?”