Barbarians at the Gates?
In order for Microsoft to better prepare itself for success in the quickly changing tech landscape, does Bill Gates have to go? That’s what three of the company’s top investors seem to think. Interestingly, Gates financial stake in the company has shrunk dramatically: “Gates, who owned 49 percent of Microsoft before it went public in 1986, sells about 80 million Microsoft shares a year under a pre-set plan, which if continued would leave him with no financial stake in the company by 2018.”
+ Apple now holds $147 billion in cash. iCaramba.