Tag: Board of directors

Twitter has reportedly put a temporary ban on product changes to preemptively prevent sabotage from employees who might go rogue following the deal with Elon Musk. Employees are divided on the topic.

Usama Jawad · Apr 26, 2022 · Hot! with 74 comments

Twitter is apparently in the final stage of negotiations to accept Elon Musk's takeover bid of $43 billion, causing share price to go up. The executive has pledged to take the company private.

Usama Jawad · Apr 25, 2022 with 31 comments

It seems that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not joining Twitter's board after all. Twitter's CEO has also made cryptic references to background checks and "distractions" that may originate from this news.

Usama Jawad · Apr 11, 2022 · Hot! with 15 comments

Elon Musk has joined the Twitter board after buying a 9.2% stake in the company. Twitter CEO Para Agrawal confirmed the appointment on Twitter and said it's a result of weeks of discussions.

Paul Hill · Apr 5, 2022 with 14 comments

Microsoft has announced that it is making president Brad Smith the vice chair of its board of directors. The company has also set the annual shareholders meeting for November 30, 2021.

Usama Jawad · Sep 15, 2021 with 8 comments

Microsoft has announced that it has elected CEO Satya Nadella as the chairperson for its board of directors. He will be replacing John W. Thompson who will now be the lead independent director.

Usama Jawad · Jun 17, 2021 with 38 comments

U.S. SEC filings hint that Panos Panay might be joining Sonos' Board. The filings were for Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) transfers. However, they do not confirm Panay's departure from Microsoft.

Abhay V · Aug 15, 2020 · Hot! with 7 comments

Twitter has partnered with Silver Lake and Elliot Management in order to begin a share repurchase program that will happen over an unspecified time period. It will also boost user monetization.

Paul Hill · Mar 9, 2020 with 0 comments

Nokia's Board has elected Pekka Lundmark to head the company from September. He will fill the roles of President and CEO. He takes over from Rajeev Suri who has headed Nokia for over a decade.

Paul Hill · Mar 2, 2020 with 2 comments

Chinese conglomerate Alibaba has announced that its founder, Jack Ma, will be stepping down as chairman next year. He is to be succeeded by the company's present CEO, Daniel Zhang.

Sharath Ravishankar · Sep 10, 2018 with 4 comments

The board of Uber held their meeting yesterday to talk about the future of the company. Uber is now closer to taking a huge investment from SoftBank, and Kalanick's potential manoeuvres are lessened.

Paul Hill · Oct 4, 2017 with 0 comments

The software giant has just unveiled a change to its Corporate Governance Guidelines, targeted at independent directors. Those outside members will now have "an average tenure of 10 years or less".

Florin Bodnarescu · Jul 13, 2017 with 0 comments

Microsoft has announced a new board member for the company -- the 11th member of Microsoft's executive board -- and he is an individual with significant global wireless industry experience.

Brad Sams · Jul 31, 2014 · Hot! with 9 comments

An announcement from GoPro has stated that former Microsoft Executive Tony Bates will become the new President for the company. Bates brings over 25 years of experience that could prove priceless.

Daniel Hull · Jun 4, 2014 · Hot! with 10 comments

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is quoted in a new article as saying he's not sure how long he will remain on the company's board of directors, while also praising the work of his CEO replacement.

John Callaham · Mar 24, 2014 · Hot! with 6 comments

Stephen J. Luczo, the CEO of Seagate, has announced he is resigning from Microsoft's board of directors after less than two years. He was also a member of the company's CEO search committee.

John Callaham · Mar 20, 2014 · Hot! with 5 comments

Microsoft has announced that ValueAct Capital president Mason Morfit has been added as a member of its board of directors, increasing the number of board members to 11.

John Callaham · Mar 12, 2014 with 3 comments

Microsoft not only has a new CEO today but a new chairman of its board of directors, as John Thompson takes over from co-company founder Bill Gates in that role.

John Callaham · Feb 4, 2014 · Hot! with 11 comments