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(For more information about Microsoft, try the Company Overview section of Microsoft's web site.)
Bill Gates, Microsoft Info
Chief Executive Officer - Cofounder
- Developed a BASIC interpreter for the MITS Altair before cofounding Microsoft
Attended Harvard University
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Info
Executive Vice President, Sales and Support, Worldwide Business Strategy Group - 1980
- Formerly vice president of corporate marketing, Vice President of Corporate Staffs, and Senior Vice President of Systems Software for Microsoft
Assistant Product Manager for Proctor and Gamble.
Degree in applied math and economics from Harvard University; attended Stanford Graduate School of Business
Bob Herbold, Microsoft Info
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - 11/1994
- Formerly Senior Vice President, advertising and information services at Proctor and Gamble
BS from University of Cincinnati; master's degree in mathematics and Ph.D. in computer science from Case Western Reserve University
Brad Silverberg, Microsoft Info
Senior Vice President, Applications and Internet Client Group - 1990
- Formerly Vice President of the Internet and Platform Tools Division and Senior Vice President of the Personal Systems Division for Microsoft
Vice President of Engineering at Borland International, Incorporated
Bachelor's degree in computer science from Brown University; master's degree in computer science from the University of Toronto
Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft Info
Chief Technology Officer - 1986
- Formerly Group Vice President of Applications and Content, Senior Vice President of the Advanced Technology Division, and Director of Special Projects for Microsoft
President and CEO of Dynamical Systems
Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Cambridge University
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ; serves on the advisory board of Princeton University's Department of Physics; and member of the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council
Bachelor's degree in mathematics and master's degree in geophysics and space physics from the University of California; a master's degree in mathematical economics and a Ph.D. in theoretical and mathematical physics from Princeton University
Jim Allchin, Microsoft Info
Senior Vice President, Personal and Business Systems Group - 1990
- Formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Banyan Systems, Inc., principal architect of the VINES distributed network operating system
Principal architect of the Clouds distributed transactional, object-oriented operating system
Helped develop the DX operating systems for Texas Instruments
Attended the University of Florida, Stanford University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology
Pete Higgins, Microsoft Info
Group Vice President, Interactive Media Group - 1983
- Formerly Group Vice President of the Applications and Content Group and Vice President of Desktop Applications for Microsoft
Member of the Interactive Digital Software Association's board of directors
BA in economics and history; MBA from Stanford University
Jeff Raikes, Microsoft Info
Group Vice President, Microsoft Sales and Marketing - 1981
- Formerly Product Manager, Director of Applications Marketing, Vice President of Office Systems, and Software Development Manager for Apple Computer, Incorporated
Member of the board of the Washington Technology Center and the University of Nebraska Foundation
BS in engineering-economics from Stanford University
Paul Maritz, Microsoft Info
Group Vice President, Platforms and Applications - 1986
- Formerly managed various systems software product groups for Microsoft
Worked for Intel Corporation, Burroughs Corporation, and the University of St. Andrews in Scotland
Graduate of the University of Cape Town and the University of Natal, South Africa, with degrees in computer science and mathematics
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