Microsoft co-founder and CEO Bill Gates is stepping down from the board of Microsoft, the software behemoth he co-founded 45 years ago, to focus more on global health, education, and other philanthropic projects, according to a press release and a filing . Gates isn’t cutting his ties with Microsoft entirely: he will keep his official role as a “technical advisor” to CEO Satya Nadella and...
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