Bill Gates, who was one of the founders provided by Microsoft, and until 1986 owned a 49% stake in the company, recently was satisfied with the post of chairman of the board and stake of no more than 4.5%, and by 2018 he plans to completely get rid of the related assets. Today, the founder of the corporation is spending time and money to charity.
The three major shareholders of Microsoft, which together own about 5% of shares of the corporation, are trying to convince Microsoft board of directors , that Gates should resign as chairman. They fear that Gates will prevent the actions of the newly elected Director General of the corporation and would deprive him of the ability to effectively implement the new strategy. . They argue that the powers of Gates are not proportional to the number of Microsoft shares .
Along the way, in an interview with USA Today Ford CEO Alan Mulally (Alan Mulally) admitted that he sees his future away from his company.