According to Business Insider, a foreign science and technology website, recently, Microsoft's "selection of Handsome" has become a hot topic in the scientific and technological world, and Ford CEO Mulally (Alan Mulally) has been a popular candidate for the next Microsoft CEO since September. However, the news said that the company's internal staff and the entire Silicon Valley's ideal candidate is Skype business director Tony Betz.
Mr Mulally was the hottest external candidate, Bloomberg reported, while Microsoft server and Tools department President Satia Nadra Satya Nadella was one of the hottest internal candidates.
It is hard to understand why Mulally can be a hot candidate, because he has neither a technical background nor a visionary leader, and choosing him as CEO of Microsoft does not seem to be a long-term solution.
The supporters of Mulally argue that he worked for Boeing and Ford, and that Microsoft needed a sharp professional manager to reshape the company's structure, and that Mulally was fit for it.
Nadra is a successful operator of Microsoft's most market-promising business unit, so it is indisputable that he is a candidate. In addition, because Microsoft is a corporate company, it is also sensible to promote de la.
Although Mulally and Nadra appear to have the support of Microsoft's board, Microsoft's Skype business Director, Tony Betz, is also one of the top internal candidates. Microsoft insiders expect Bates to be the next Microsoft CEO, according to internal sources. Allthingd columnist Kara Svesh (Kara Swisher) said she had heard the whole of Silicon Valley and that Microsoft should choose Bates.
Those who support Bates think that Bates can be seen as an outsider to Microsoft as well as an insider in the company. Said insiders because he has been in Microsoft for 2 years. Said outsiders, because he has not been to Microsoft for a long time, he has served as CEO of Skype, Mobile internet, consumer products, and he also worked in Cisco, so he understands the development of large companies and enterprise development.
Opponents of Bates argue that he is in charge of Skype for less than a year, and that in most cases he only directs Microsoft's sales, and he has never led a large public company like Microsoft. Svesh said Bates had never been in charge of Microsoft's big projects, so he didn't have a big performance at Microsoft.
"If you choose Bates, it will be a bold decision by Microsoft," the source said. "This is a sign of Microsoft's announcement to the tech community that Microsoft is ready!" If Microsoft's board chooses Mulally, it can only be seen as a transitional strategy, and it reflects that Microsoft has not yet figured out how it will evolve in the future. ”