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Who will be the next Microsoft CEO?

“We have embarked on a new strategy with a new organization and we have an amazing Senior Leadership Team. My original thoughts on timing would have had my retirement happen in the middle of our company’s transformation to a devices and services company. We need a CEO who will be here longer term for this new direction.”

Steve Ballmer - Source
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Next Microsoft CEO Ranking

Gabe Newell photo
Gabe Newell
Valve Corporation
47455 votes
Managing director
1
1
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Richard Stallman photo
Richard Stallman
Free Software Foundation
33283 votes
President
2
2
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Linus Torvalds photo
Linus Torvalds
Linux Foundation
16535 votes
Software engineer
3
3
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Bill Gates photo
Bill Gates
Microsoft
4006 votes
Chairman
4
4
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J Allard photo
J Allard
Project 529
2109 votes
Chairman & CEO
5
5
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Scott Hanselman photo
Scott Hanselman
Microsoft
1927 votes
Principal Program Manager Lead
Developer Division
6
6
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Larry Page photo
Larry Page
Google
1609 votes
CEO
7
7
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Scott Guthrie photo
Scott Guthrie
Microsoft
1382 votes
Corporate Vice President
Developer Division
8
8
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Satya Nadella photo
Satya Nadella
Microsoft
1041 votes
Executive Vice President
Cloud and Enterprise
9
9
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Panos Panay photo
Panos Panay
Microsoft
981 votes
Corporate VP
10
10
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Stephen Elop photo
Stephen Elop
Nokia
867 votes
President & CEO
11
11
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Kevin Turner photo
Kevin Turner
Microsoft
831 votes
Chief Operating Officer
12
12
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Ben Rudolph photo
Ben Rudolph
Microsoft
801 votes
Director
Windows Phone Evangelism
13
13
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Vahé Torossian photo
Vahé Torossian
Microsoft
772 votes
Corporate Vice President
14
14
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Alan Mulally photo
Alan Mulally
Ford
628 votes
CEO
15
15
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Mark Russinovich photo
Mark Russinovich
Microsoft
585 votes
Technical Fellow
16
16
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Marissa Mayer photo
Marissa Mayer
Yahoo!
562 votes
President & CEO
17
17
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Elon Musk photo
Elon Musk
SpaceX
474 votes
CEO
18
18
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Brian Tobey photo
Brian Tobey
Microsoft
442 votes
Corporate Vice President
Manufacturing and Supply Chain
19
19
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Tony Bates photo
Tony Bates
Microsoft
417 votes
Executive Vice President
Business Development and Evangelism
20
20
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Steven Sinofsky photo
Steven Sinofsky
384 votes
Ex Windows Division President
21
21
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Julie Larson-Green
Microsoft
382 votes
Executive Vice President
Devices and Studios
22
22
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Scott Forstall photo
Scott Forstall
Apple
241 votes
Ex Vice President Senior iOS
23
23
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Qi Lu photo
Qi Lu
Microsoft
218 votes
Executive Vice President
Applications and Services
24
24
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Michael Angiulo photo
Michael Angiulo
Microsoft
176 votes
Corporate Vice President
Planning and PC Ecosystem
25
25
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Joe Belfiore photo
Joe Belfiore
Microsoft
159 votes
Vice President
Windows Phone Program Management & Design
26
26
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Anders Hejlsberg photo
Anders Hejlsberg
Microsoft
158 votes
Technical Fellow
27
27
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Tim Cook photo
Tim Cook
Apple
148 votes
CEO
28
28
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Kirill Tatarinov photo
Kirill Tatarinov
Microsoft
145 votes
Executive Vice President
Microsoft Business Solutions
29
29
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Vic Gundotra photo
Vic Gundotra
Google
137 votes
Senior Vice President
Engineering
30
30
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Paul Maritz photo
Paul Maritz
VMware Corporation
119 votes
Ex CEO
31
31
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Eric Rudder photo
Eric Rudder
Microsoft
110 votes
Executive Vice President
Advanced Strategy and Research
32
32
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Mark Zuckerberg photo
Mark Zuckerberg
Facebook
106 votes
CEO
33
33
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Jean-Philippe Courtois photo
Jean-Philippe Courtois
Microsoft
103 votes
President
Microsoft International
34
34
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Sheryl Sandberg photo
Sheryl Sandberg
Facebook
94 votes
Chief Operating Officer
35
35
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Eric Schmidt photo
Eric Schmidt
Google
84 votes
Executive Chairman
36
36
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Brian Hall photo
Brian Hall
Microsoft
70 votes
General Manager
Surface
37
37
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John Legere photo
John Legere
T-Mobile US
70 votes
CEO
38
38
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Ray Ozzie photo
Ray Ozzie
HP
58 votes
Board
39
39
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S. Somasegar
Microsoft
54 votes
Corporate Vice President
40
40
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Reed Hastings photo
Reed Hastings
Netflix
53 votes
CEO
41
41
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Tami Reller photo
Tami Reller
Microsoft
50 votes
Executive Vice President
Marketing
42
42
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Jonathan Ive photo
Jonathan Ive
Apple
49 votes
Senior Vice President
Design
43
43
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Mark Hurd photo
Mark Hurd
Oracle
47 votes
President
44
44
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Alan Sugar photo
Alan Sugar
Amstrad
44 votes
Fondator
45
45
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Jack Dorsey photo
Jack Dorsey
Square
44 votes
CEO
46
46
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Bill Buxton photo
Bill Buxton
Microsoft
43 votes
Microsoft Research
47
47
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Jeff Raikes photo
Jeff Raikes
Gates Foundation
43 votes
Chief executive officer
48
48
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Phil Spencer photo
Phil Spencer
Microsoft
42 votes
Corporate Vice President
Microsoft Game Studios
49
49
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John W. Thompson photo
John W. Thompson
Symantec
41 votes
Chief Executive Officer
50
50
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Don Mattrick photo
Don Mattrick
Zynga
39 votes
CEO
51
51
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Mike Lawrie photo
Mike Lawrie
Computer Sciences Corp
39 votes
CEO
52
52
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Terry Myerson photo
Terry Myerson
Microsoft
38 votes
Executive Vice President
Operating Systems
53
53
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Joi Ito photo
Joi Ito
MIT Media Lab
37 votes
Director
54
54
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William Kennedy photo
William Kennedy
Microsoft
37 votes
Corporate VP
55
55
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Kevin Johnson photo
Kevin Johnson
Juniper Networks
36 votes
CEO
56
56
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Rodney Adkins photo
Rodney Adkins
IBM
35 votes
Senior Vice President
Corporate Strategy
57
57
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Blake Irving photo
Blake Irving
GoDaddy.com
32 votes
CEO
58
58
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Jeff Bezos photo
Jeff Bezos
Amazon
32 votes
Chairman and CEO
59
59
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Jon Rubinstein photo
Jon Rubinstein
Qualcomm
32 votes
Board of Directors
60
60
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Shantanu Narayen photo
Shantanu Narayen
Adobe Systems
32 votes
CEO
61
61
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Michael Dell photo
Michael Dell
Dell
31 votes
Founder, Chairman and CEO
62
62
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Nikesh Arora photo
Nikesh Arora
Google
31 votes
Senior Vice President
Chief Business Officer
63
63
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Yangkyu (Y.K.) Kim photo
Yangkyu (Y.K.) Kim
Samsung
30 votes
President & CEO
64
64
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Bill Joy photo
Bill Joy
Sun Microsystems
28 votes
Co-Founder
65
65
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Thorsten Heins photo
Thorsten Heins
BlackBerry
28 votes
CEO
66
66
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Jason Zander photo
Jason Zander
Microsoft
27 votes
Corporate Vice President
Windows Azure team
67
67
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Jochen Zeitz photo
Jochen Zeitz
Kering
27 votes
Director & Chairman
68
68
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John Donahoe photo
John Donahoe
eBay
27 votes
CEO
69
69
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Jon DeVaan photo
Jon DeVaan
Microsoft
27 votes
Corporate Vice President,
Windows Development
70
70
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Léo Apotheker photo
Léo Apotheker
Schneider Electric SA
27 votes
Board member
71
71
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Rick Rashid photo
Rick Rashid
Microsoft
27 votes
Chief Research Officer
Microsoft Research
72
72
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Robert J. Bach photo
Robert J. Bach
Microsoft
27 votes
Ex President
Entertainment & Devices Division
73
73
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Carlos Ghosn
Renault and Nissan
26 votes
CEO
74
74
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Eddy Cue photo
Eddy Cue
Apple
26 votes
Senior Vice President
Internet Software and Services
75
75
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Jeffrey M. Blackburn
Amazon
26 votes
Senior Vice President
Business Development
76
76
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Jim Balsillie
BlackBerry
26 votes
Ex CEO
77
77
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