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Steve Ballmer and ex-sidekick get lowball bonuses

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his online services lieutenant Kevin Johnson couldn't finish the Yahoo merger negotiations they started on January 31. Microsoft's annual filings reveal the pair will pay for their failure with their bonuses. Johnson, who left the company in July, was promised a bonus between 97 percent and 100 percent of his salary and will earn only 97 percent. Ballmer, who was promised a bonus between 100 percent and 200 percent of his salary, earned a 109 percent bonus. Oh, to be a mediocre CEO and failed strategist at Microsoft: Though it's down a bit from last year, Johnson still earned $6.8 million in total compensation. Ballmer pulled a total of of $1.35 million on the year and still owns billions worth of Microsoft stock. (Photo by AP/Sarbach)

2:20 PM on Tue Sep 30 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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Kevin Johnson's multimillion-dollar consolation prize for losing Yahoo

How much does one get for bungling an acquisition of Yahoo and leading a huge investment in Facebook at a questionable valuation? For former Microsoft VP and new Juniper Networks CEO Kevin Johnson, it's at least $8.2 million in salary and signing bonus, plus 1.6 million stock options and a shot at 350,000 shares in performance-tied stock grants over the course of four years. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Jul 29 2008
By Jackson West
1,434 views, 3 comments

Latest by TheChris2.0: @Jackson West: Not a jab at the photo I assure you. Isiah Thomas ran the Knicks into the ground by wildly more »

recap

Jackson West, please come home -- all is forgiven

Why did I let Jackson West take a vacation? While our associate editor was away, we actually wrote something nice about Gavin Newsom — and he only had to save San Francisco from a rogue IT guy to do it! Microsoft's Windows chief, Kevin Johnson, ended up in Sunnyvale, Calif. — but not, as he'd hoped, in the corner office at Yahoo HQ. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg flubbed more media interviews this week, prompting us to suggest he get help. Maybe he could take tips from the Internet-famous Julia Allison, who crashed his developers' conference? More »

6:00 PM on Fri Jul 25 2008
By Owen Thomas
643 views, 5 comments

Latest by BartKela: @mrfomoco: Yes, that's what blog comments are for! more »

kevin johnson

Would-be Yahoo conquerer always welcome in Yahoo cafeteria, says exec

Kevin Johnson, the former boss of Microsoft's former Platform and Services Division, had to have thought he'd be moving to Sunnyvale this fall under different circumstances. Instead of riding into Yahoo HQ as a conquering hero, Johnson will take over Juniper Networks, a maker of fine and very boring networking hardware. Conveniently, however, Juniper is just around the corner from Yahoo. One senior Yahoo exec tell us that Johnson should feel welcome to join them for a latte at Beantrees: "Juniper Networks HQ is located 2 blocks from Yahoo’s HQ in Sunnyvale. So he can eat at our cafeteria!" Above, we've provided a Yahoo Map with walking directions to make the trip that much easier. Welcome to Silicon Valley, Mr. Johnson.

9:40 AM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
922 views, 6 comments

Latest by Nicholas Carlson: @Basha1: Yeah Google says Yahoo is located in a dumpster. Which is mean. And totally not true. more »

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There's a bubble in the market for Jon Miller

Everyone wants a piece of beloved former AOL CEO Jon MIller, who was oh so unfairly fired, loyalists say, by Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes. First gossips suggested Miller as a fit to replace ineffectual Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang. Then, on Monday, Yang himself said Miller would fill one of Carl Icahn's new seats on the Yahoo board. Now, a source tells Kara Swisher that Miller is "one of the top outside candidates on the list" to head Microsoft's new Online Services division. Maybe everyone can stop moaning about the way Bewkes handled Miller's dismissal now?

8:00 AM on Thu Jul 24 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
611 views, 3 comments

Latest by Troll_2.0: I that pic he has a look on his face like "I have a broom up my butt, and I more »

kevin johnson

Microsoft's Windows dilemma

Here are all the talking points you'll hear about Kevin Johnson's departure as the chief of Microsoft's sprawling Platform and Services Division — and what to say about them. The failed Yahoo bid killed his prospects of becoming Microsoft's CEO. Perhaps, but Steve Ballmer, who is more to blame for the Yahoo debacle, wasn't going anywhere, and Johnson may not have been prepared to wait. Johnson was charged with competing with Google in search and advertising, and he failed. And you would have done any better? Facebook took Microsoft for everything it's worth in striking its deal for Microsoft to invest and sell ads on the social network — and that's Johnson's fault. True enough, but Microsoft's $240 million investment is pocket change for the software giant. Enough with the cocktail-party chatter. Here's why I think Johnson really left. More »

5:00 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Owen Thomas
4,254 views, 7 comments

Latest by bigdowro: I find tha Search thingy cool, where MSFT give money to Red cross when you use that search engine. Oh God, more »

kevin johnson

Microsoft exec who led Facebook investment, Yahoo bid departs for Juniper

"The departure of Kevin Johnson, president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division, will be combined with a reorganization of the business unit, which houses both the online services business and Windows software for personal computers," reports the Wall Street Journal. Johnson was a rarity in Microsoft's top ranks — a business guy who rose up through Microsoft's sales organization, not a technical whiz kid who served as a special assistant to Bill Gates. He was seen as a possible successor to CEO Steve Ballmer. Instead, he's joining Juniper Networks, a telecom equipment maker. (Photo by AP/Elaine Thompson)

4:20 PM on Wed Jul 23 2008
By Paul Boutin
1,486 views, 3 comments

Latest by sggrf: No one, I mean no one at Microsoft believes in their Internet strategy which is why they all leave in more »

elliot schrage

Facebook flack takes over computing platform

Can a PR guy run an operating system? Silicon Valley's gut reaction: No way. And yet that's what Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has done in appointing Elliot Schrage, her handpicked flack, to run Facebook's platform. The platform, when it launched a year ago, was hailed as the world's next Windows; by opening up its friends lists and other features to outside developers, Facebook would surely become the next Microsoft, ran the standard line of punditry, in an age when the pundits were in love with Facebook. That, more than anything, surely stirred Microsoft to invest $240 million in the company. But in one very short year — or a very long one, rather — Facebook's platform has gone from selling point to PR headache. More »

10:00 AM on Tue Jul 15 2008
By Owen Thomas
1,871 views, 8 comments

Latest by whatfreshhell: Zero product experience, and minus-zero understanding of - or interest in - technology. (Surprised that Sandberg would sanction this - more »

jerry yang

Cowed Yahoo board members' wishlist of Yang and Decker replacements

[image] Yahoo shares are almost below $20 in morning trading and as the company approaches its August 1 annual meeting, Yahoo's directors have finally begun to fear for their jobs and their reputations. They're negotiating with Yahoo's major shareholders and, along with agreeing to renew talks with Microsoft and approach AOL for acquisition, some on the board are offering to promote CEO Jerry Yang into a non-executive chairmanship and fire Yahoo president Sue Decker. Reporter's reporter Kara Swisher reports that shareholders and some board members have already come up with a wish list of names for the top jobs. More »

Feature

7:02 AM on Tue Jul 1 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
3,448 views, 13 comments

Latest by bozoclown: How bout someone from among the existing exec ranks: Hmm. Who's left: * Hilary Schneider (Sue's hire) * Brad Garlinghouse more »

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Microsoft's Kevin Johnson explains the failed Yahoo merger to troops

Despite all the reports to the contrary, Microsoft actually ended its bid to acquire Yahoo way back in April. At least, that's what Microsoft topper Kevin Johnson would have his underlings believe. "In a March 10th meeting in Palo Alto, we explained to Yahoo management the importance of reaching an agreement by the end of April," Johnson wrote in a memo. More »

10:00 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
1,704 views, 3 comments

Latest by Benders_Geek: Microsoft is your Grandfather's computing company. A Dinosaur relic of the 1980's, that has not nor could not innovate more »

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