Microsoft Volume II

5200.797 - 5226.616 David Rosenthal

And then, Ben, as you're referring to, on January 13, 2000, Bill Gates announces that he is handing the CEO role of Microsoft over to Steve and that he is moving to a newly created position as chief software architect. And he will remain chairman of the company, but he is... no longer going to be CEO. And then, of course, it's just a few months later that the breakup verdict comes down.