Business Segment Leaders

Management of the consumer Online and Windows desktop segments overlaps in the wake of Kevin Johnson’s departure. This illustration shows the five business segments (shaded rectangles) that Microsoft uses for financial reporting, and the executives who will lead those segments in FY’09, which started July 1, 2008. As of July 2008, all of the executives shown on this chart report to CEO Steve Ballmer.

Three of the segments have clear leaders: the Business segment and its product division are led by Steven Elop (who is taking over for Jeff Raikes when he retires in Sept. 2008), the Server and Tools segment and its product division are led by Bob Muglia, and the Entertainment and Devices segment and its product division are led by Robert Bach.

However, Microsoft’s other two business segments—Online and Client—overlap somewhat. Specifically, Steven Sinofsky’s product group, which oversees development of the Windows client OS and Windows Live consumer online services, and Bill Veghte’s product group, which oversees marketing and business development for the Windows client OS and Microsoft’s online services, are part of both the Online and Client business segments.