Chronology: Steve Ballmer's tenure as Microsoft CEO

By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp CEO Steve Ballmer unexpectedly announced on Friday that he would retire in 2014, 13 years after he took over the dominant personal computer software company and tried to steer it into growing markets like video games, portable music players, smartphones and tablets. The following is a chronology of events during Ballmer's time as Microsoft chief executive. 1998 - Ballmer assumes role of president at Microsoft and takes charge of day-to-day operations. ...



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