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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bill Gates? I don't think he is really involved much with Microsoft anymore. He stepped down from the board of directors in 2020.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

He stepped down as CEO and all involvement in active development in 2008 even. This has nothing left of Bill Gates, not even strategy-wise.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

But wait, he’s supposed to be the evil puppet master

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I always assumed when people say things related to Bill Gates and Microsoft that they're being facetious, kinda like Todd Howard with Bethesda games.

Do people really think Bill Gates still runs Microsoft?

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who gives a shit if he's on the decisions board? As long as he is a majority shareholder, he's profiting from Microsoft's crimes.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

He owns 1.38% - a terribly far cry from being a majority shareholder.

https://capital.com/microsoft-shareholder-who-owns-most-msft-stock

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He's still one of the largest individual shareholder, though.