Microsoft today officially announced that Satya Nadella will become the CEO of Microsoft. Bill Gates steps up to new role as Technology Advisor while John Thompson will become the Chairman of Board of Directors. Here is the email sent from Steve Ballmer to Microsoft employees. From: Steve Ballmer To: All Employees Date: Feb. 4, 2014 Subject: Satya Nadella – Microsoft’s New CEO Today is an incredibly exciting day as we announce Satya Nadella as the new CEO of Microsoft. Satya will be a great CEO, and I am pumped for the future of Microsoft. You can read the full announcement here. Satya is a proven leader. He’s got strong technical skills and great business insights. He has a remarkable ability to see what’s going on in the market, to sense opportunity, and to really understand how we come together at Microsoft to execute against those opportunities in a collaborative way. I have worked closely with Satya for many years and I have seen these skills many times. He is not...

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