Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) board member John Thompson wrote in a blog, yesterday that the BoD had identified “...over 100 possible candidates, talked with several dozen, and then focused our energy intensely on a group of about 20 individuals, all extremely impressive in their own right…we’re moving ahead well, and I expect we’ll complete our work in the early part of 2014.”
Just third Microsoft CEO in 38 years
That sounds like a monumental project, but may be justified considering Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is looking for only its third CEO in 38 years.
Since August 23, when the company announced Steve Ballmer’s retirement,...


