Microsoft investors reportedly call for Bill Gates to stand down as chairman
A trio of Microsoft’s top 20 investors are reported to have broken ranks with their colleagues by calling for the removal of its founder and present chairman Bill Gates.
Reported by Reuters, the move would extend the present management shakeup which recent, saw Steve Ballmer deliver an emotional send off to staff. Such a move would sever the company’s links to its roots.
Gates would retain his position on Microsoft’s board should he consent to the calls, which dovetail with a drive to migrate away from software sales and toward offering both ‘devices’ and ‘services’.
Despite focusing on his charitable work in recent years Gates remains a figurehead for the Microsoft brand, highly regarded by technophiles and the industry.
A trio of Microsoft’s top 20 investors are reported to have broken ranks with their colleagues by calling for the removal of its founder and present chairman Bill Gates.