11.25.09
Microsoft’s Chief Financial Officer Quits
Summary: Chris Liddell leaves Microsoft and leaves some open questions
Having dumped his shares in Microsoft [1, 2] (the stock is artificially boosted/inflated), the CFO of Microsoft finally decides to leave. Chris Liddell, whom Reuters characterised as an "odd choice" last year, seems to have had enough.
Given the history of financial fraud at Microsoft [1, 2, 3] (never properly resolved), this departure may rightly spur speculations. One must remember that Microsoft is borrowing money, so Chris Liddell is leaving at the right time. Vista 7 has changed nothing and a top Windows executive also left Microsoft upon its release, just days before Microsoft announced more layoffs.
From The Register:
Microsoft is saying goodbye to its chief beancounter, Chris Liddell, after four and a half years in the post.
More coverage can be found in:
- Ahead of the Bell: Microsoft CFO Shift
- Microsoft Finance Chief Liddell Will Leave; Klein to Take Over
- Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave the company
- Microsoft Names Klein To Replace Liddell As CFO
- Microsoft names new CFO
- Microsoft says cost-cutting CFO to step down
- Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell leaving; Peter Klein steps in
- Microsoft Loses Its CFO, Promotes From Within
- Microsoft names new CFO
- Microsoft CFO to leave, look for bigger job
- Microsoft loses its Kiwi CFO
- Microsoft’s Finance Chief to Leave
- Microsoft finance chief Chris Liddell resigns
- Microsoft Announces CFO Changeover
- Microsoft Swaps CFO
- Microsoft’s Cost Cutting CFO Steps Down, Taps Inside Talent for Replacement (MSFT)
- In brief: Microsoft CFO leaves
- Microsoft’s top Kiwi moving on
- Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave by year-end
- Microsoft Appoints Peter Klein As New CFO
- Microsoft CFO Liddell Steps Down
- Microsoft CFO to Leave at End of 2009
- Microsoft Announces CFO’s Departure
- Microsoft CFO Liddell to leave; Klein named new finance chief
- Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell leaving
- Microsoft CFO Leaving
- Microsoft promotes Klein to CFO
- Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell Leaves Microsoft
- Peter Klein Replaces Chris Liddell As Microsoft CFO
- Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell exiting
Whichever company Chris Liddell lands in will be at risk of being influenced by the Microsoft (sub)culture. Microsoft’s former CFO (Connors) is now working with a sort of satellite of Microsoft, Ignition Partners. Lazy reporters neglect to share such details. █
