EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT

 

Our executive officers as of September 4, 2003 were as follows:

 

Name	Age	Position with the Company
William H. Gates III	47	Chairman, Chief Software Architect
Steven A. Ballmer	47	Chief Executive Officer
James E. Allchin	51	Group Vice President, Platforms Group
Robert J. (Robbie) Bach	41	Senior Vice President, Home and Entertainment
Douglas J. Burgum	47	Senior Vice President, Microsoft Business Solutions
David W. Cole	41	Senior Vice President, MSN and Personal Services Group
John G. Connors	44	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Jean-Philippe Courtois	43	Senior Vice President, Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Kenneth A. DiPietro	44	Corporate Vice President, Human Resources
Kevin R. Johnson	42	Group Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services
Michelle (Mich) Mathews	36	Corporate Vice President, Marketing
Craig J. Mundie	54	Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer, Advanced Strategies and Policy
Jeffrey S. Raikes	45	Group Vice President, Productivity and Business Services
Eric D. Rudder	36	Senior Vice President, Server and Tools
Bradford L. Smith	44	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
David Vaskevitch	51	Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer, Business Platforms

 

Mr. Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from the time the original partnership was incorporated in 1981 until January 2000, when he resigned as Chief Executive Officer and assumed the position of Chief Software Architect. Mr. Gates has served as Chairman since our incorporation.

Mr. Ballmer was named Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company in January 2000. He served as President from July 1998 to February 2001. Previously, he had served as Executive Vice President, Sales and Support since February 1992. He joined  Microsoft in 1980.

Mr. Allchin was named Group Vice President, Platforms Group in December 1999. He had been Senior Vice President, Platforms since March 1999. He was previously Senior Vice President, Personal and Business Systems since February 1996. Mr. Allchin joined Microsoft in 1990.

Mr. Bach was named Senior Vice President, Home and Entertainment in March 2000. He had been Vice President, Home and Retail since March 1999. Before holding that position, he had been Vice President, Learning, Entertainment and Productivity and Vice President, Desktop Applications Marketing since 1996. Mr. Bach joined Microsoft in 1988.

Mr. Burgum joined the Company upon Microsoft's acquisition of Great Plains Software, Inc. in April 2001. Mr. Burgum became Great Plains' first outside investor in March 1983. He was named President of Great Plains in 1984 and subsequently named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Cole was named Senior Vice President, MSN and Personal Services Group in November 2001. Before holding that position, he had been Senior Vice President, Services Platform Division since August 2000. He had been Senior Vice President, Consumer Services since December 1999 and Vice President, Consumer Windows since March 1999. Previously, he was Vice President, Web Client and Consumer Experience and Vice President, Internet Client and Collaboration. Mr. Cole joined Microsoft in 1986.

Mr. Connors was named Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 1999. He had been Vice President, Worldwide Enterprise Group since March 1999. Mr. Connors had been Vice President, Information Technology Group, and Chief Information Officer since July 1996. He joined Microsoft in 1989.

Mr. Courtois was named Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Europe, Middle East, and Africa in March 2003. He had been Senior Vice President and President, Microsoft Europe, Middle East, and Africa since July 2000. Before holding that position, he had been Vice President, Worldwide Customer Marketing since July 1998. Mr. Courtois joined Microsoft in 1984.

Mr. DiPietro joined Microsoft in January 2003 as Corporate Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to joining Microsoft, he was Vice President of Human Resources for the Americas at Dell Computer Corporation. Before joining Dell, he was Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Pepsi-Cola International.

Mr. Johnson was named Group Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Marketing and Services in March 2003. He had been Senior Vice President, Microsoft Americas since February 2002. Mr. Johnson had been Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales, Marketing, and Services since August 2001, and before that, Vice President, U.S. Sales, Marketing and Services. He joined Microsoft in 1992.

Ms. Mathews was named Corporate Vice President, Marketing in August 2001. Before holding her current position, Ms. Mathews had been Vice President Corporate Public Relations since 1999. Ms. Mathews joined Microsoft in 1993.

Mr. Mundie was named Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Advanced Strategies and Policy in August 2001. He was named Senior Vice President, Consumer Platforms in February 1996. He joined Microsoft in 1992.

Mr. Raikes was named Group Vice President, Productivity and Business Services in August 2000. He had been Group Vice President, Sales and Support since July 1998. Mr. Raikes joined Microsoft in 1981.

Mr. Rudder was named Senior Vice President, Developer and Platform Evangelism in October 2001. He had been Vice President, Technical Strategy. Mr. Rudder joined Microsoft in 1988.

Mr. Smith was named Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary in November 2001. He had been Deputy General Counsel for Worldwide Sales and previously was responsible for managing our European Law and Corporate Affairs Group, based in Paris. He joined Microsoft in 1993.

Mr. Vaskevitch was named Senior Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, Business Platform in August 2001. He had been Senior Vice President, Business Applications since March 2000. Mr. Vaskevitch had been Senior Vice President, Developer since December 1999. Before holding that position, he had been Vice President, Distributed Applications Platform. He joined Microsoft in 1986.