Microsoft Narrows Down CEO Shortlist: Elop, Mulally, Bates, Nadella In Mix

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday November 6, 2013 @04:31AM from the surprise-surprise-elop-wins dept.

rjmarvin writes "Sources have confirmed that Microsoft has narrowed down its search for its next CEO to five external candidates and at least two internal candidates. Rumored frontrunner Stephen Elop, former Nokia CEO, and Ford Motor CEO Alan Mulally are reportedly in contention, along with Microsoft's Skype head Tony Bates and their cloud and enterprise chief Satya Nadella. The other external candidates who've emerged from the approximately 40 rumored names swirling around since August have not yet been revealed."

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A day late and a dollar short by korbulon · 2013-11-06 04:43 · Score: 4, Interesting

Like naming a new captain to the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.
Re:Elop needs to broker a deal with Apple by h4rr4r · 2013-11-06 04:48 · Score: 4, Interesting

He did that for a reason. He was trying to promote WinPhone at all costs. Nokia was an acceptable loss. He has no interest in risking Microsoft. That is his team.