14 DAY TRIAL // There are many options for Microsoft’s CEO position, but as far as Rick Sherlund, a well-known Microsoft analyst for Nomura, is concerned, things are very clear.
Alan Mulally, head of American carmarker Ford, is the one to take over from Steve Ballmer very soon, Sherlund was quoted as saying by Business Insider.
“We view these comments as non-answers to the question and appear to us to be consistent with our view that he is in discussions with Microsoft’s board for the CEO slot at Microsoft. If he were not in discussions, it would be easy to say I am not interested and will not go, as some other candidates have said. He does not say this,” Sherlund explained.
Paradoxically, Mulally said with several occasions that he wanted to stay at Ford until 2014 and a board member today reiterated the same thing.
Besides Mulally, Microsoft is also said to be discussing with several internal candidates, including Satya Nadella and Kevin Turner.