“Sir, it is time for you to go.”

Recently, there is an insider news leaking out from Microsoft regarding if Bill Gates is still suitable for the position of Chairman of the firm. The three major investors of the company are concerned that if Gates, who  is now focusing more and more on the Bill & Melinda Foundation funds instead of the company, is still capable of handling the company, and now wanting him to hand over his power. However, is it appropriate for three outsiders, in this case the three investors, to tell the co-founder and chairman of the firm to step down and to hand over his authority of the company? These investors are willing to ruin the Gates and his legacy merely because of their interest in saving their own stakes in the company. Besides seeing their investments grow, the investors might have neglected the relation between Gates and the technological empire that he built with his own bare hands.  Even though Microsoft is in a capitalist economic environment, is the human relationship and feeling going to get neglected? Is money to only true motivator and the only end goal in a capitalist environment? It is going to be interesting to see how the board of directors are going to react towards the three investors’ request.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/01/us-microsoft-gates-investors-idUSBRE9901H320131001

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