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it's Tuesday February 4 2014 I'm David Pierce and since Microsoft still hasn't announced its new CEO I'm glad to say I'll be taking the role gosh I've so many big plans Windows and and Microsoft's this is 90 seconds on the verge Microsoft officially has its new leader starting immediately Satya Nadella will replace Steve Ballmer as CEO Nadella has held many positions during his 22 years at Microsoft most importantly helping transform the company's cloud business while Nadella strengths lie in technical expertise and a focus on enterprise he'll need to prove he can complete Microsoft's vision for devices as well as his ongoing mobile push however Satya Nadella is not the only one taking on a bigger role at the company Bill Gates is now a technical advisor to Nadella stepping down from his position as chairman the role will substantially increase gates time spent at Microsoft as he helps Nadella settle in a CEO you'll be succeeded as chairman by John Thompson who joined Microsoft's board in 2012 and led the search for the new CEO the leadership change comes at a critical time for Microsoft the PC industry is slowing down and the company hopes to find greater success in mobile and cloud services finally the announcement of Microsoft's new CEO marks the end of the legendary reign of Steve Ballmer and with that we at the verge would like to take a moment and say thank you and that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow Stephen Elop goes back to work as James Bond's biggest nemesis dr. Nokia