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New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadellahas outlined his vision for the future of the company. Although it is hard to identify many specifics from the email he sent to employees, it’s clear the former cloud computing boss – who is a 22-year Microsoft veteran – is keen for Microsoft to combine …
Read More »Satya Nadella confirmed as new Microsoft CEO
Microsoft’s former cloud and enterprise group boss Satya Nadella has been named as the computing giant’s new CEO. He’s been at Microsoft since 1992 and has spearheaded its drive towards cloud computing, spending much of his time overseeing its servers and tools business. It has also been confirmed that former …
Read More »Microsoft VP Satya Nadella likely firm’s next CEO – report
Microsoft’s ongoing search for a CEO might be over as soon as next week, with executive vice president Satya Nadella reportedly the frontrunner for the job. A report from Recode.net claims numerous sources close to Microsoft have revealed the five-month search should wrap up very soon, due to the simple …
Read More »King: We should never have published Pac-Avoid
Riccardo Zacconi, the CEO of King, has admitted that his company should never have released Pac-Avoid. Attention turned to the game in the wake of the Candy trademark dispute, with the accusation being that King knowingly cloned a game called Scamperghost that it had in 2009 been in negotiations to …
Read More »Ford boss declines Microsoft CEO role
Former front-runner to replace Steve Ballmer has no plans to leave auto industry
Read More »T-Mobile CEO tweets about his love for the Samsung Note 3… from his iPhone
In a delightful corporate faux pas, the CEO of T-Mobile has been caught seemingly ‘exaggerating’ his love for Samsung’s new Galaxy Note 3. John Legere took to Twitter to explain that he was "Glad @SamsungMobile decided to bring phablets to the states. I don’t know what I’d do without my …
Read More »Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire
The electronics giant and Xbox firm has announced that CEO Steve Ballmer will retire within the next 12 months. Ballmer will retain his position until a successor is chosen, after which he will leave Microsoft. "There is never a perfect time for this type of transition, but now is the …
Read More »EA "back to square one" in CEO search after Mattrick’s Zynga switch
Michael Pachter has claimed that recently departed Xbox boss Don Mattrick was the No.1 choice for the vacant CEO role at EA. Mattrick’s decision to join Zynga, then, has left EA in what can technically be described as a pickle”. "Now that Mr. Mattrick has taken the job at Zynga, …
Read More »BinWeevils appoints new CEO
Rod Henwood has been named as the new CEO of kids’ virtual world BinWeevils. Henwood, an existing BinWeevils board director, succeeds former CEO Richard Watney. He joins having recently served as the CEO of JK Rowling’s digital Harry Potter empire Pottermore. Before that he worked as new business director at …
Read More »Activision CEO made $64.9m last year
Bobby Kotick now the second-highest paid CEO in the US
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