Gates Foundation CEO to retire, no successor named

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Jeff Raikes, the chief executive of Bill Gates' $38 billion philanthropy organization announced his retirement on Tuesday, without a successor being named. Raikes, a former Microsoft Corp executive, has been CEO of the Seattle-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since 2008. The Nebraska native has been considered by some observers as an outside candidate to be Microsoft's next CEO, but he gave no indication that might be in his plans. ...

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