Paul DeGroot is an analyst at Microsoft Directions , which has no affiliation with the software maker. Each year he puts out a detailed Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT ) organizational chart that lists all the high profile executives and who they report to. This chart is totally fascinating. For example, did you know how many former (or current) Microsoft Canada employees are on this chart? The answer is eight, which includes the current Microsoft Canada president, Phil Sorgen . The highest ranking executive of those eight is Simon Witts. The former Microsoft Canada president is corporate vice-president of enterprise and partner group and is responsible for the enterprise business segment across the globe. Witts still has a home in Caledon, Ont. When you count up the number of employees in Microsoft’s executive branch it’s staggering. There are a whopping 621 executive positions in he Microsoft corporate organization as of April of this year. About 19 of these positions are listed as To-be-determined. Bill Gates, along with his senior vice-president technical strategy, Eric Rudder, is still on the organizational chart as his retirement date was June 30th. Gates is still chairman of the board of directors of Microsoft even though the does not take any position in the company. The top man is still Steve Ballmer. He has eight direct reports, but also has Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie reporting to him. Ozzie is the man who replaced Gates ...
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