Ford's (F) Alan Mulally is Top Pick for Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Job
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Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) CEO Alan Mulally is the front-runner to succeed Steve Ballmer as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO, according to reports Thursday evening from AllThingsD.
The news comes just weeks after Mulally denied rumblings of such a move.
Mulally was previously the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the Seattle, near where Microsoft is based and has been a close advisor to Ballmer.
Initially, Nokia's Stephen Elop was seen as a shoe-in for the job after Microsoft acquired the device unit of Nokia earlier in the month, however, now board attention has turned to Mulally.
The news comes just weeks after Mulally denied rumblings of such a move.
Mulally was previously the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the Seattle, near where Microsoft is based and has been a close advisor to Ballmer.
Initially, Nokia's Stephen Elop was seen as a shoe-in for the job after Microsoft acquired the device unit of Nokia earlier in the month, however, now board attention has turned to Mulally.
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