Bill Gates Promotes Microsoft President Steve Ballmer to CEO
By
Michael J. Martinez
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Thursday
promoted longtime friend and president Steve Ballmer to chief
executive officer of the software giant that Gates founded.
Gates said he was taking the action so he could return "to what
I love most — focusing on technologies for the future."
Gates, who has turned over much of the day-to-day operations of
Microsoft to Ballmer over the past year and a half, will remain
chairman but will also take the title, "chief software
architect."
