Thirty-three years after joining Bill Gates at Microsoft and building the Redmond, Wash.-based company into the listing giant it is today, Steve Ballmer is retiring. He won’t leave immediately; the search for a new Microsoft CEO has begun in earnest, and Ballmer will be there throughout. In other words, we’ll have ample time to digest the meaning behind his announcement and to examine the Ballmer legacy.
Ballmer was never the perfect fit for Microsoft CEO. Even though he was No. 2 at the software company for decades, his personality, perspective and expertise were nothing like his predecessor, Bill Gates. Read more…
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