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John Wendell Thompson (born April 24, 1949) [citation needed] is an American technology executive who was the chair of Microsoft from 2014 until June 2021, and chair of Illumina from 2021 until 2023. He is a former chief executive of Virtual Instruments, a vice-president at IBM and the former chief executive of Symantec .
Satya Narayana Nadella (/ n ə ˈ d ɛ l ə /; born 19 August 1967) is an Indian-born American business executive who is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO [2] [3] and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman.
The company's first international office was founded on November 1, 1978, in Japan, entitled "ASCII Microsoft" (now called "Microsoft Japan"). 1980: August: Products: Microsoft signs a contract with IBM to develop an operating system for IBM's first personal computer.
The last person to be both Microsoft's CEO and chairperson was Bill Gates, until he stepped down as CEO in 2000. Nadella has been CEO since 2014. ... The last person to be both Microsoft's CEO and ...
After stepping down as Microsoft’s CEO in 2014, Ballmer purchased the Los Angeles Clippers NBA team. Since then, the team has been able to recruit expensive stars and has one of the highest ...
Chairman and CEO [12] 2006 Owner of Queens Park Rangers F.C. 2018-10-01 AT&T: John Stankey: CEO [13] 2020 Former CEO of WarnerMedia: 2020-11-19 BAE Systems: Charles Woodburn: Chief Executive Officer [14] 2008 Succeeded Ian King: 2018-10-01 Bajaj Allianz General Insurance: Tapan Singhel: MD and CEO [15] 2012 President of the Indo-German Chamber ...
Microsoft shareholders should hope the soon-to-be-vacated CEO job falls to Stephen Elop, especially in wake of the recent purchase of Nokia's handset and services business. Alan Mulally Several ...
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. [2] Founded in 1975, the company became highly influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming and other fields.