{"id":63431,"date":"2013-11-08T15:43:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T20:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:28:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:28:38","slug":"microsoft-develops-shortlist-for-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/microsoft-develops-shortlist-for-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Develops Shortlist for New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeky-gadgets.com\/steve-ballmers-final-good-bye-microsoft-24-08-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-107738\" title=\"MSFT Develops Shortlist for New CEO\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ballmer_steve-1.jpg?resize=83%2C100&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Microsoft Develops Shortlist for New CEO\" width=\"83\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ballmer_steve-1.jpg?resize=125%2C150&amp;ssl=1 125w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ballmer_steve-1.jpg?resize=63%2C75&amp;ssl=1 63w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rbach.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/ballmer_steve-1.jpg?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 83px) 100vw, 83px\" \/><\/a>The <a title=\"Grand Pooh-Bahs \" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/investor\/CorporateGovernance\/BoardOfDirectors\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grand Pooh-Bahs<\/a> in <a title=\"Microsoft HQ\" href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/yjXwg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Redmond<\/a> have developed a <strong>shortlist<\/strong> of candidates to replace outgoing CEO <a title=\"Steve Ballmer\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210510063509\/https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/steve-ballmer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Ballmer<\/a>. <a title=\"Reuters\" href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a> <a title=\"Exclusive: Microsoft narrows CEO shortlist; Mulally, Elop make the cut\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150922082849\/http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/11\/06\/us-microsoft-ceo-idUKBRE9A500A20131106\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says<\/a> the list includes <strong>internal candidates. Reported on the list is <\/strong>former <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Skype\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20150105061504\/http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com:80\/company\/skype\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"crunchbase noopener noreferrer\">Skype<\/a> CEO <strong><a title=\"Skype CEO Tony Bates\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210524184554\/https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/tony-bates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Bates<\/a><\/strong>, who is now in charge of business development at <a title=\"Microsoft\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft<\/a> (<a title=\"NASDAQ | MSFT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/NASDAQ-MSFT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSFT<\/a>). Another internal candidate is <strong><a title=\"Satya Nadella\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210530220600\/https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/satya-nadella\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Satya Nadella<\/a><\/strong>, the company&#8217;s cloud, and enterprise chief.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Reuters that <strong><a title=\"Ford\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ford.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ford Motor Company<\/a><\/strong> (<a title=\"NYSE : F\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNYS:F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">F<\/a>) CEO <strong>Alan Mulally<\/strong> and former\u00a0<strong><a title=\"Nokia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nokia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage noopener noreferrer\">Nokia<\/a><\/strong> (<a title=\"NYSE : NOK\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyse.com\/quote\/XNYS:NOK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOK<\/a>) CEO <strong><a title=\"Stephen Elop\" href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210524171023\/http:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/stephen-elop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Elop<\/a><\/strong> are also contenders.\u00a0While I am sure they are all worthy successors to Steve. I wonder if Mr. Mulally has his own rant ready for his interview Taurus&#8217;s &#8230; Taurus&#8217;s &#8230; Taurus&#8217;s (<em><strong>rb-<\/strong><\/em> <em>do these jobs really have interviews?<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/hMLcKtVwF-A?rel=0\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a remix from <a title=\"Developersdevelopers.com\" href=\"http:\/\/developersdevelopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DevelopersDevelopers.com<\/a> (Oldie but goodie)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a title=\"Ralph Bach\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/new-resume\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0<a title=\"Bach Seat\" href=\"https:\/\/rbach.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on <a class=\"broken_link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rb48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ralph.bach.14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rbach48334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:\/\/bach.seat@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft board leaked a short list of CEO candidates that include MSFT&#8217;s Bates &#038; Nadella as well as Ford&#8217;s Mulally and former NOK CEO Elop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[3044,1950,32,1035,493,82,421,795,72,1990,1988,556,1989],"class_list":["post-63431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-3044","tag-alan-mulally","tag-business","tag-f","tag-ford-motor-company","tag-microsoft","tag-msft","tag-nok","tag-nokia","tag-satya-nadella","tag-stephen-elop","tag-steve-ballmer","tag-tony-bates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63431"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131168,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63431\/revisions\/131168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}