Bill Gates to retire from Microsoft on Friday

Subject: Bill Gates to retire from Microsoft on Friday Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:48 am

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates was set Friday for his last day of full-time work at Microsoft - the company he founded 33 years ago on a hunch that personal computers would become an integral part of everyday life. The world’s largest software company said that it was not planning any public events to observe the transition, though the change would be marked by internal events. Gates, 52, will continue to hold the title of non-executive chairman and work about one day a week at Microsoft. He intends to devote the rest of his time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the wealthiest charity in the world, which is aimed at improving healthcare around the world and reducing extreme poverty. Founded with the vast fortune he made as Microsoft prospered, the foundation has an endowment of some 38.7 billion dollars with billions more expected to roll in as Gates transfers his massive personal wealth. Legendary investor Warren Buffet, currently the world’s richest man, has also pledged to transfer the vast majority of his wealth to the foundation.

Gates handed over his role as Microsoft chief executive to his long-time partner Steve Ballmer in 2000, when Gates became the company’s chief software architect. Under a carefully planned succession programme, Gate’s duties will be taken over by two top Microsoft executives. Ray Ozzie will be in charge of day-to-day management issues, while Craig Mundie will be in charge of long-term planning. The company, whose Windows operating system powers some 90 per cent of the world’s personal computers, has a market capitalization of about 260 billion dollars and employs more than 78,000 people in 103 countries. But even as its cash cow products of Windows and the Office productivity suite look set to continue their stellar earnings, Microsoft faces tough competition as Google’s online dominance threatens to cut into Microsoft’s core businesses.

that man should go down in history as one of the greats men to walk the face of the earth! ::jam::

kuysh wrote:: that man should go down in history as one of the greats men to walk the face of the earth!

I wouldnt say greatest but his work surely changed my life. Dude is a flippin' genius in when it comes to business and raw manipulation. Still think he looks way too nerdy to be so rich though.

Wonder if he would put me in place in the office lol!

Yeah if it wasnt for him a wonder wa we would be using??? blink

nigga when bigs fly! Lol Sign

kuysh wrote:: nigga when bigs fly!

yea whateva

I wonder if i change my last name to Gates, if i would have his luck. mmmm I wonder...

Nah dude, you should be planning to do better than him. You are basically heading in that direction if you plan to major in programming and not networking

thats true
::jam::

yeah BILL has change the world!!!!!!!!!!! Very Happy

Props to that nerdy dude, his reign is over

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