| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : NOVEMBER 29, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft: Who's Jumping Ship PETER NEUPERT NEW JOB CEO, Drugstore.com, a pharmacy Web site OLD JOB Vice-president in the Internet group REASON FOR LEAVING Left in July 1998 because he wanted to test himself in a startup MICHAEL AHERN NEW JOB VP, marketing and business development, GiftSpot.com OLD JOB General manager in the Business Productivity Group REASON FOR LEAVING Out in April, 1999, to help create an Internet startup STEVE PERLMAN NEW JOB CEO, Rearden Steel--code name for a new startup OLD JOB President of Microsoft's WebTV unit REASON FOR LEAVING Departed in May, 1999, because he missed the pace and energy of being in a young company JOHN LUDWIG NEW JOB None yet OLD JOB A vice-president in the Consumer & Commerce Group REASON FOR LEAVING Left in October, 1999, to spend more time with family and, potentially, to work for an Internet company KARL JACOB NEW JOB CEO of Keen.com OLD JOB A general manager in the desktop-applications group REASON FOR LEAVING Left in June, 1999, after tiring of the big company Microsoft has become SABEER BHATIA NEW JOB CEO of Arzoo Inc., a new e-commerce startup OLD JOB General manager of Microsoft's HotMail unit REASON FOR LEAVING Left in March, 1999, saying he was frustrated with working in a large company and wanted to run another startup CHRIS PETERS NEW JOB Angel investor OLD JOB Vice-president, Web authoring tools REASON FOR LEAVING Departed in November, 1999, so he could have a fuller personal life--including serious bowling BEN SLIVKA NEW JOB Director of information systems for Amazon.com OLD JOB A general manager in the Consumer & Commerce Group REASON FOR LEAVING Out in August, 1999, saying Microsoft is too political and is not aggressively pursuing new software technologies RAMESH PARAMESWARAN NEW JOB CEO, XpertSite.com OLD JOB General manager, Windows 2000 REASON FOR LEAVING Out in August, 1999, saying he had lost the sense of almost religious fervor he had felt at Microsoft before BRAD SILVERBERG NEW JOB Investor and board member, Tellme Networks Inc. OLD JOB Adviser to President Steve Ballmer REASON FOR LEAVING Left in October, 1999, because he wants to spend more time with family and advising startups SAM JADALLAH NEW JOB Managing director of operations, Internet Capital Group OLD JOB Vice-president of enterprise sales REASON FOR LEAVING Departed in July, 1999, to make more of an impact in a company HADI PARTOVI NEW JOB Vice-president, services, Tellme Networks Inc. OLD JOB Group-program manager for Internet Explorer REASON FOR LEAVING Left in April, 1999, because work at Microsoft was no longer fun _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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