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Farewell Steve Ballmer - CEO of Microsoft
Jim Riley
23rd August 2013
Microsoft has announced that its CEO Steve Ballmer will retire from the business within the next 12 months. The Microsoft share price rose 9% on news of the announcement which might tell you something about how investors feel about how Ballmer has performed as CEO in recent years!
Lots will be written about Ballmer's time at Microsoft and the resulting strategic review which the business will inevitably conduct when a new CEO is appointed.
However, for now, enjoy a selection of videos which show Steve Ballmer in action! He has certainly attracted lots of attention for his unusual leadership style!
Windows 1.0 Commercial
Ballmer in early action as a salesman for Microsoft Windows 1.0 Almost like watching someone sell a second-and car!
Ballmer's Presentational Style - Corporate Culture in Action!
Gates and Ballmer in Tune!
An internal Microsoft video that went viral!
Ballmer dismisses the iPhone
One week after Steve Jobs launched the iPhone, Ballmer expressed his opinion on whether the iPhone would be successful. Did he get it right?