Bill Gates exits Microsoft

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates speaks to students during a question and answer session at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California in this February 19, 2008. Gates is retiring from Microsoft on June 27, 2008, but will remain the company's non-executive chairman. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith/Files) Read More

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, left, talks to employees as chairman Bill Gates looks on, during a farewell event celebrating Gates' years at Microsoft, on his last day as a full-time employee, at company headquarters in Redmond, Washington, June 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Microsoft, Robert Sorbo)Read More

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo May 7, 2008. Bill Gates, founder and chairman of Microsoft Corp. is finally giving up his full-time gig at the company to devote more time to world health charity work. (Reuters/Yuriko Nakao)Read More

Microsoft founder Bill Gates speaks during the press conference at the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system launch, January 29, 2007 in New York. June 27, 2008, will be Gates' last day at Microsoft, which he co-founded 33 years ago and transformed into a world empire of data processing. Gates will remain nonexecutive chairman and will devote his time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The reins of Microsoft will be given to Steve Ballmer. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)Read More

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates pauses during his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Microsoft's iconic frontman is finally giving up his full-time gig at the company to devote more time to world health charity work. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Read More