By Microsoft names CEO Satya Nadella as chairman
Microsoft Corp on Wednesday named Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella as its new chairman, in place of John Thompson.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella now doubles as the company’s chairman. It’s the first time in two decades that Microsoft’s chairman will also be its CEO, after Bill Gates originally stepped down as CEO in 2000 https://t.co/ozFzio5GIK pic.twitter.com/IiVdGaw7Gl
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) June 16, 2021
Nadella, who took over as CEO in 2014 from Steve Ballmer, has been instrumental in scaling up its business including billion-dollar acquisitions like LinkedIn, Nuance Communications and ZeniMax.
The company said Thompson, who took over as chairman from the software giant’s co-founder Bill Gates in 2014, will serve as lead independent director.
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