Sources also say that Bill Gates will be replaced as Chairman by John Thompson.



From Hexus:

Nadella's appointment would mark the end of a five month search for a successor to Steve Ballmer during which names from all sorts of industries were put forward as possible candidates. Microsoft stalwart Nadella, 46, has been with the company since 1992. Bloomberg lists his experience as being mainly in "cloud services, server software, Internet search and business applications". His track record has been impressive and recently, as president of Microsoft's Server Business, he delivered a significant boost to that department's revenue.

With Chairman Bill Gates' recent statement that he is going to work on philanthropy full-time and become a part-time board member at Redmond it is not surprising that a new full-time chairman is being sought out. Bloomberg says that Microsoft lead independent director John Thompson is set to take the role. Thompson joined Microsoft's board in 2012 and before that took Symantec revenue from $600 million to $6 billion during a ten year tenure. Previously Thompson was a long-time IBM executive. He's actually older than Gates, at 64 years old.

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