GigaomAs Ballmer leaves, a demographic shift at Microsoft?
It looks like the world will see a more diverse set of executives running Microsoft going forward. Hurray to that. Read more »
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It looks like the world will see a more diverse set of executives running Microsoft going forward. Hurray to that. Read more »
Of course. The better question is whether the company will do better without its co-founder leading the board as a new CEO sets up shop. Read more »
The slow-mo succession continues with Hans Vestberg as the latest tech exec to surface as the potential successor to Steve Ballmer at Microsoft. Read more »
Reporters got a chance to ask the Salesforce.com CEO about anything, which they did. Here’s what he said. Read more »
Another one bites the dust. Ford CEO Alan Mulally’s plan to stay at Ford for another year means he’s off the list of top contenders for Microsoft’s top job. Read more »
The slo-mo executive search for the third CEO in Microsoft’s 30-year history will take some more time, says director John Thompson. Read more »
Ok, he might be a bit biased, but Bryce Hoffman, author of American Icon, a book about Alan Mulally’s tenure at Ford, thinks Mulally would be a good pick to lead… Read more »
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates got a little emotional discussing the contributions of out-going CEO Steve Ballmer at Tuesday’s shareholder meeting. Read more »
And they said it couldn’t happen: Microsoft is nixing the stack ranking system by which it has promoted and fired employees for years. Read more »
With Microsoft, Wall Street tends to focus on the negative when it should keep an open mind about the many options available to the next CEO, said Nomura analyst Rick Sherlund. Read more »