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A comment on Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months.

Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by jaxbot on Friday August 23, 2013 @09:14AM (#6263265)
It must really hurt the self-esteem of a CEO when they announce retirement and the stock goes up.

That being said, it's about time. Microsoft has had too much misdirection lately and really needs to either pull it together or drop out of some of its markets.

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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by img on Friday August 23, 2013 @09:24AM (#6263357)
Given that Ballmer has ~400 million shares of MSFT, I think the billion dollar increase in paper net worth probably softens the blow.
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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by wallygold on Friday August 23, 2013 @09:57AM (#6263610)
Maybe. It can't help his self-esteem.

On the other hand the stock was trading around that price just a few weeks ago. He must realize how fickle the market is.

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