New Era of Technical Leadership at Microsoft
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The dream of what software can do is just beginning. We see it day by day as we're revolutionizing business and entertainment. So many of the seeds we've planted, whether it's gaming or TV or development or communications, have just started to grow. The biggest impact is yet to come.
And as Steve Ballmer comes up to share his thoughts, I want to say that one of the hardest things about my decision is that a couple years from now I'll miss working with Steve every day as I have for the past 26 years. I couldn't ask for a better business partner, or a better friend.
STEVE BALLMER: Thanks, Bill. Thank you for those very, very kind words.
Every day for the last 26 years, it has been my privilege to work shoulder-to-shoulder with a true visionary, Bill Gates, my friend, more than anyone else, unleashed the technology revolution, and who is now headed, in my opinion, to become the greatest philanthropist of all time.
I know the contribution you will make to the world of health and education will be as great as the contribution you've made, and continue to make, to the world of software.
I feel a lot of emotion today, given the incredibly close working relationship Bill and I have. But I also feel a lot of confidence that this company is ready and capable of making a smooth and orderly two-year transition to a new set of technical leaders without missing a single beat.
Over the years, Bill and I have talked about how to build the company's leadership as the company has grown, and as he expressed an interest in spending more time at the foundation. We knew that we would have to be transparent with the public on any changes and that as the scope of our work has expanded we had to build stronger core leadership and delegate more authority down the line. We have been preparing the company for many years to meet the demands of growth, and few realize that we've nearly doubled in size in the last six years to over 70,000 employees and nearly $50 billion in revenue.
Bill and I are confident that we can complete this transition of the technical leadership in the next two years in a smooth and orderly way. This is really a natural step in a process of leadership growth that has already been underway for a number of years.
We already started to give our teams greater responsibility and agility last year by organizing our operations into three major divisions and an operating group, headed by presidents Jeff Raikes, Kevin Johnson, and Robbie Bach and our COO Kevin Turner. This change was designed to push decision-making and accountability out to the individual businesses.
So we are ready for members of our current team to step up to expanded roles, for Ray Ozzie to take on the role of Chief Software Architect and Craig Mundie to become Chief Research and Strategy officer and for all of the other changes Bill discussed, and I am outlining today in a detailed email to all Microsoft employees.
And as our teams reach major milestones at the end of this year, our leaders will have the chance to take bold steps to further improve agility, focus on Live and other new priorities, and give expanded opportunities to our people.
As we move forward, there are some basic principles that will continue to be the key to our success. First, nurturing innovation in all its forms will remain our highest priority. We will continue to take a broad view of innovation and how we deliver it. We invest in basic research and we invest in product features, ready to come to market right away. We nurture small teams, and we do large scale projects. We innovate in development teams and incubation groups, as well as through external acquisitions.
Second, we are a software company. To accomplish this, we hire the most brilliant and passionate technical people, and give them the tools and environment so they can really do their very best work.
Third, we are patient and relentless. We keep working and investing and listening to our customers and improving our products. We never give up on good ideas. Windows, Office, our server software, all took a number of years to get to critical mass. We are applying that same tenacity and long-term commitment to break through in all areas, from Windows, Office, Business Applications and servers, to advertising, search, TV, gaming, and mobility.
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