Three major Microsoft investors want to remove Bill Gates from the post of chairman of the board of directors of the corporation. They fear that due to the planned transformations, Gates will limit the power of the new executive director. Although the stones for the company's failures have been flying more towards Ballmer lately, Reuters reports that shareholders are also unhappy with Bill Gates. Apparently, they seriously intend to get him to resign from the post of chairman of the board of directors.
This is one of the first cases in the high-tech industry when shareholders negatively assess the role of a person of such magnitude as Gates as chairman of the board of directors. I note that Bill has 4.5% of the shares — he is the largest sole shareholder of the company, while disgruntled investors in total own about 5% of the shares.
It turns out that it will not be easy for dissatisfied shareholders to implement their plans. They have not made public statements, but Microsoft, apparently, is waiting for big changes. In any case, Microsoft's main goal now is to find a successor to Steve Ballmer. According to rumors, it may be the head of Ford Alan Mulally.
