No one wants Microsoft CEO position

Even with promise of hundreds of millions in salary and a few billions more in stock options, no one wants to be MS CEO......sad. The insider story is that MS CEO is pretty much has to be Bill Gates's puppet....do what he says or he's gonna make your life as CEO a living hell

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ford-boss-says-he-won-t-replace-ballmer-as-microsoft-ceo/1100-6417000/

One guys turns it down and that means no one wants it? lol

I'll take it

Alan Mulally never even said he was looking at going to MS. It was pretty much all speculation. He was just answering the speculation by saying he had no plans to leave Ford.

Yet somehow this equals no one wanting the MS CEO position.......lol.

I vote for blackace as the new MS CEO

ford is one of top car companies and they are booming. why would ford ceo leave to go to ms who is sorta falling.

i support this candidate's application.

I want that position more than you can imagine.

Come on, man. That's a pathetic post at best, lol. I assure you a great deal of people want that Microsoft CEO job. But its not something you rush into when choosing someone to head up a $300 billion dollar company. It takes time and patience and its not a job for everyone.

I bet being CEO of a company such as Microsoft is ludicrously difficult...but someone will jump at the position.

Wah??

falling???

again....Wah??

Getting a little heavy with the speculation TC.

I'll bet there are plenty of people who want that job.

blackace is going to drive MS straight to the ground headfirst, so yeah I approve

Same here. A year's salary and I'd never have to work again. Not to mention (most likely) crazy stock options.

One rich guy who already makes hundreds of millions a year turns down the offer to a position that makes hundreds of millions a year, ergo nobody wants the CEO position that makes hundreds of millions a year. Great logic.

I'm pretty sure 99.99% of Earth's population would want Microsoft CEO's position for even a month, since that'd probably make them more money than they otherwise would in a lifetime.

I have no idea how you came with that title from the article. Is the CEO of Ford that said he's not leaving its company, speculations on how he might go to MS. No idea why the CEO of Ford should become the CEO of a software company anyway.

No one wants to be the CEO of one of the biggest companies in the world, yeah maybe in your messed up world.

Sweet.....first order of business, bringing back the Zune.

Then rehire Mattrick he had a funny face and was comedy gold.

@muffin2020 said:

@chikenfriedrice said:

@CrownKingArthur said:

@chikenfriedrice said:

I'll take it

i support this candidate's application.

Sweet.....first order of business, bringing back the Zune.

Then rehire Mattrick he had a funny face and was comedy gold.

Done....anything to keep the people entertained.

MS is in a unique position across all its product lines, and not one that one would necessarily consider enviable. But they do have a bank of assets to keep them going, which is how they pushed into gaming to begin with.

The same guy that almost all news reports to weeks agao said that MS placed as the lowest priority? AMAZING!

Next Cars can DRIVE when people PUT THE KEYS IN AND TURN WHILE PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL.

And then SONY MAKES CONSUMER ELECTRONICS

The more you know-Damien

Gates hasnt been a part of MS since forever.....

Why even if you completely F everything up you're sill going to get a 100 Million leaving Bonus.

Elop is the favourite, he wants to sell off the unprotifable divisions like Xbox and get them back to software which is primarily what MS are decent at.

Yeah sure no one wants to be CEO of M$. Do you honestly think that?

If you have any idea at all about how corporate cultures work, you should know that contrary to popular belief, it's not easy for one man to make a difference. In most companies, the board of directors are the ones pulling the strings, not to mention that the board normally consists of executives who have been in the company far longer than a newly elected CEO. The new CEO will normally cave in to the pressure from the board because it's 10 old guys against 1 new guy. The CEO will also be the scapegoat for the rest of the board, whereby if the company fails to meet its quarterly forecast, the CEO takes the blame, sometimes leading to resignation. The smarter executives will step away from the CEO position to become COO or CFO and they pull the strings from there while letting the newly elected CEO take the blame and answer to the shareholders

Bill Gates probably stepped down as CEO for that very reason. You can also see it in Zynga. And for many years, AMD had a similar predicament as well.

exactly,

that 100 million dollar leave bonus could be taken in the event of a scandal,

only jesus went to the cross. not the 12 disciples......

for some who don't know I am using Christ as a metaphor,

please don't state the obvious either.....

because some will literally be unable to tell the difference

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/01/three-top-microsoft-investors-allegedly-want-to-boot-gates-from-the-companys-board/

LOL! Explain this, then.

Unsurprising. Anyone outside of Microsoft who would take the CEO job with Ballmer and Gates breathing down their neck while overseeing a line of largely failed products and a damaged OS brand would need to be insane.

If I was Alan Mulally I'd be sticking with Ford. You'd get less chance of being hassled by deranged, deluded Microsoft fanboys too.

This CEO position is literally a ritual sacrifice to save the legacy of the Gates/Ballmer era. There's no way MS can expand it's business now that Zune has failed and XBox is shrinking its market position. Yes, MS makes billions off OS sales, but investors will be looking for growth to increase share prices.

Ya'll are talking crazy if you think this is a hotly sought position. Even Greenburg (sp) ran to Zynga to get away from the inevitable shitstorm that is ahead.

Plenty of people would like that job. The average life of a CEO as of 2012 is 7 years so it's not like it a position you get and stay at for life(normally)

No, but if you want to stay being a CEO anywhere, this is not the place to go. Every black cloud and rainy day is going to be blamed on whomever takes Ballmers place. It's not the money that's the problem, it's understanding Microsofts market position and shareholder expectation. It's no secret, Microsoft is a smoking ship right now. There's nowhere for them to grow and that means stagnating stock prices. Stagnating stock prices means slowing returns for shareholders. Slowing returns for shareholders means the CEO gets the blame.

Whomever takes the job had better prepare to retire after about five years. Straight hip-hop.

Firstly......

Update: I misread the initial Reuters report as indicating that the investors wanted Gates to step down from his chairmanship, not exit its board entirely. My overall analysis holds, that Gates doesn’t have to do a damn thing given his position and popularity, but I have updated the headline and post to reflect the correct source report. I apologize for the error in interpretation."

Thats from your article..

Secondly....

Ive been following MS/Gates for years. He is the majority stock holder (by that i mean owns the largest single percentage at about 9%), but he rarely....if ever........makes any contribution or decisions since stepping down from CEO.

"While larger strategic decisions were likely passed by [Gates], I don't believe he has a lot of say or influence in the day-to-day business of the company," Norman Young, analyst with Morningstar, said. "A lot of the influence he had was also probably due to the close relationship he has or had with Steve Ballmer."

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/01/three-top-microsoft-investors-allegedly-want-to-boot-gates-from-the-companys-board/

Gates is more of a silent partner in MS and has chosen to focus on his philanthropy with his wife. He donates so much of his wealth to charities around the world..........more than you can imagine.

CEO of Sony is the one job I wouldn't want right now.

Son Fan?

you are the clown so far

Why? Unlike one of your threads, this one is full of objective fact and gainful discussion.