John W. Thompson
John W. Thompson
John Wendell Thompson is an American businessman and is the CEO of privately held Virtual Instruments and the chairman of Microsoft. He is a former vice-president at IBM and the former chief executive officerof Symantec. Thompson later became an independent director on the board of Microsoft, and on February 4, 2014, he was named the chairman of the board. He led the search for Microsoft's next CEO; as a result, Satya Nadella was selected...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth24 April 1949
CountryUnited States of America
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