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Mobile Minute: Microsoft CEO reports and other top stories

by Martha DeGrasse
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 Mobile Minute:
It looks like Microsoft’s CEO search may be nearing an end. Bloomberg is reporting that insider Satya Nadella will be the new CEO. 46-year-old Nadella currently heads Microsoft’s cloud services unit, where he has grown revenue more than 20% in two years. This summer he also took over Microsoft’s enterprise business when the company reorganized to focus more on devices.
Microsoft is increasing its focus on hardware at a time when many companies are moving in the opposite direction. It paid $7.2 billion for Nokia’s device business, leading to speculation that Nokia’s Stephen Elop (a former Microsoft executive) would be the next Microsoft CEO. Now it appears that Steve Ballmer’s successor will be a Redmond insider, and the next question is who the company’s new chairman will be. Founder Bill Gates has said he wants to devote the rest of his life to philanthropy, but remain an active Microsoft board member.

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Martha DeGrasse is the publisher of Network Builder Reports (nbreports.com). At RCR, Martha authored more than 20 in-depth feature reports and more than 2,400 news articles. She also created the Mobile Minute and the 5 Things to Know Today series. Prior to joining RCR Wireless News, Martha produced business and technology news for CNN and Dow Jones in New York and managed the online editorial group at Hoover’s Online before taking a number of years off to be at home when her children were young. Martha is the board president of Austin's Trinity Center and is a member of the Women's Wireless Leadership Forum.