IBM’s latest moves rejecting woke orthodoxy and the diversity, equity, and inclusion movement will spark a “corporate realignment” against DEI, one of its shareholders predicts.

The shareholders for International Business Machines Corporation—better known as IBM—will meet Tuesday, one day after the company announced a $150 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing. The Heritage Foundation, one of IBM’s shareholders, is urging the company to maintain its rejection of DEI ahead of the Tuesday meeting.

“DEI was never about diversity—it was about domination,” Andy Olivastro, chief advancement officer at Heritage, told The Daily Signal in a statement Monday. “The Right had to learn the corporate pressure points to undo the Left’s damage—and we did it faster than anyone thought possible. This is a watershed moment, and it’s only the beginning.”

“We watched as corporate America sold out merit for ideology,” Olivastro added. “We studied their pressure points. And when we moved, we moved fast. IBM’s reversal isn’t the end—it’s the beginning of a corporate realignment built on excellence, not activism.”

Robby Starbuck, a visiting fellow at Heritage’s Capital Markets Initiative who has successfully pressured many companies to reject “woke” DEI policies, celebrated the manufacturing investment announcement. He had recently pressured IBM to reverse course on DEI.

“With their investment of $150 billion in the U.S., IBM is putting America First,” Starbuck told The Daily Signal.

“When I worked with IBM to remove anti-American DEI policies, we made it clear that investing in America would set IBM up for continued success alongside........

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