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Terry Myerson is arguably the second most powerful man at Microsoft
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Published onJune 22, 2015
published onJune 22, 2015
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When the leadership of a unit or organization changes, there’s a common theme. After a relatively brief evaluation period, the new leader replaces holdovers from the previous regime that aren’t in line with the new direction of the organization. Replacing those individuals are usually people hand selected by the new person on top. There wasno exception to this rule at Microsoft. The four high ranking holdovers from the Steve Ballmer days are out, and three Satya Nadella hand selected individuals are in. One of those hand selected individuals is Terry Myerson, who is in charge of a massive amount of Microsoft and some are suspecting may be in line to replace Nadella whenever he decides to leave.
Stephen Elop, who left Microsoft for Nokia only to rejoin Microsoft when they purchased the Nokia phone division, Eric Rudder, who spent 25 years at Microsoft as a strategy chief officer, the top advertising man Mark Penn who was behind Scroogled, and Kirill Tatarinov who ran Dynamics and the Microsoft Business Solutions are all now elsewhere.Business Insider breaks down the full history and changing of the guard.
There are now three notable people in power. First and possibly most importantly when it comes to public perception is Terry Myerson, who is charge of the Windows and Devices Group which includes the Windows operating system and Microsoft hardware including the Surface line and phones. Next is Scott Guthrie who is charge of the Microsoft Cloud. Nadella’s mantra is “cloud first, mobile first” so Guthrie’s new position is likely viewed in high esteem to Nadella, who also manned that position himself before becoming CEO. Finally, there’s Qi Lu who is the boss of applications at Microsoft.
Business Insider is reporting that there are rumors that Myerson is “probably next in line for CEO.” This would likely be years in the future as Nadella only recently became the CEO but with how much Myerson is now in charge of, it wouldn’t be surprising that he is being groomed for an even larger role at Microsoft. Myerson is arguably the most powerful person at Microsoft other than Satya Nadella himself. Windows 10 is a major fork in the road for the future of Windows as an OS, Windows mobile devices, and loads of other hardware. By being in charge of the Windows OS and hardware, Myerson has a direct or indirect effect on almost anything Microsoft is involved in.
For more coverage on Myerson’s new role, you can listen toour most recent podcastin which we discussed how much Myerson is in charge of and how we predict he’ll do in this new large role.
Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.
Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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