According to Bloomberg, Microsoft may have a new CEO and a changing of the guard:
Microsoft Corp’s board is preparing to make Satya Nadella, the company’s enterprise and cloud chief, chief executive officer and is discussing replacing Bill Gates as chairman, according to people briefed on the process.
One person the board is considering to take the place of co-founder Gates as chairman is Microsoft’s lead independent director John Thompson, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the process is private. Gates, 58, may still play an active role at the Redmond, Washington-based company that he founded in 1975, depending on the wishes of the board and new CEO, said the people.
The latter is a bit of a shock, though Gates would still have a role in Microsoft. Now back to Satya Nadella. One thing that makes Nadella a good fit is that he is likely to carry on the plan to remake the company using the devices and services strategy that outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer came up with. That’s a good thing as a CEO that would blow up the company would be a bad thing.
Now this is just a rumour, but it seems like a very plausible one to me. I’d keep an eye on this one.
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Microsoft May Have A New CEO & Gates May Be Gone
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft may have a new CEO and a changing of the guard:
Microsoft Corp’s board is preparing to make Satya Nadella, the company’s enterprise and cloud chief, chief executive officer and is discussing replacing Bill Gates as chairman, according to people briefed on the process.
One person the board is considering to take the place of co-founder Gates as chairman is Microsoft’s lead independent director John Thompson, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the process is private. Gates, 58, may still play an active role at the Redmond, Washington-based company that he founded in 1975, depending on the wishes of the board and new CEO, said the people.
The latter is a bit of a shock, though Gates would still have a role in Microsoft. Now back to Satya Nadella. One thing that makes Nadella a good fit is that he is likely to carry on the plan to remake the company using the devices and services strategy that outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer came up with. That’s a good thing as a CEO that would blow up the company would be a bad thing.
Now this is just a rumour, but it seems like a very plausible one to me. I’d keep an eye on this one.
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