Updated: July 12, 2020 (April 2, 2007)
Charts & IllustrationsMicrosoft's Board of Directors, Mar. 2007
The following chart lists the members of Microsoft’s board of directors in the order they joined, as well as their backgrounds. All board members must stand for election each November at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting.
| Board Member | Date Joined | Background |
| Bill Gates | June 1981 (founding member) | Microsoft cofounder, chairman of the board |
| David Marquardt | June 1981 (founding member) | Venture capitalist |
| Jon Shirley | Aug. 1983 | Former Microsoft chief operating officer |
| Steve Ballmer | Jan. 2000 | Microsoft CEO |
| Raymond Gilmartin | May 2001 | Former Merck CEO and chairman |
| James I. Cash, Jr. | June 2001 | Former Harvard Business School professor |
| Charles Noski | Sept. 2003 | Former AT&T vice chairman |
| Helmut Panke | Sept. 2003 | Former BMW chairman |
| Dina Dublon | Mar. 2005 | Former JPMorgan chief financial officer |
| Reed Hastings | Mar. 2007 | Netflix chairman |
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