Why did Bill Gates step down from running Microsoft?

Below are the relevant portions of a Wall Street Journal article from 2000 that describes why Bill Gates chose to step down as CEO of Microsoft: > Mr. read more

Below are the relevant portions of a Wall Street Journal article from 2000 that describes why Bill Gates chose to step down as CEO of Microsoft: Mr. Gates founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, seizing on the then-improbable dream of computers in the average home and business. read more

Perhaps more significantly, having Gates in the chair seat also maintains some of the dysfunction clearly present in the board, due to his history at Microsoft, his massive wealth from his ownership of the company and — for lack of a better way to say it — the Bill Gates of it all. read more

Microsoft has put an end to all the speculation surrounding Steve Ballmer's replacement, as the software giant today named Satya Nadella as its new CEO. The company's new leader will take the role "effective immediately". read more