Does Bill Gates say good-bye to Microsoft?

One of the big figures of the technology, Bill Gates, aborts his responsibilities to the front of Microsoft.

The founder of the company of more important software of the history will dedicate his days starting from now, to manage next to his wife, Melinda, a solidary foundation.

From the year 2000 get ready Bill's gates march, of the company, when it was substituted as executive president of Microsoft, per Steve Ballmer who is their right hand and friend. Starting from then he was devoted to architect's software boss tasks, and president of the administration advice.

Two years ago he announced their desires to abort the company, and to be devoted to take humanitarian projects ahead, those that it has started through the Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates.

This Foundation is devoted to topics of the sanitary and educational order, and in the year 2006 receive the prize Prince of Asturias of International Cooperation.

Anyway it will continue linked to Microsoft, to who will dedicate 20% of their time. Microsoft won't abort completely, it will continue presiding over it and it will continue having in its power most of its actions.

To the front of the company, it will be Steve Ballmer who besides being their friend, he is an old partner of studies that works to their side from the year 1980 and that from the year 2000 squatter the position of vicarial consultant of the same one.

Windows and Office continue embracing 80% of the revenues of the company, but the View has not meant for the company, what she waited, many of their corporate clients have rejected it.

To improve their position in Internet, Microsoft acquires Yahoo, but the actions have behaved in a stable way in the last years, reason why they have not been possible to sight advantages per its acquisition.
Although the annual earnings are about a figure of 50.000 millions a year, it has not evidenced growth lately.