Voices » Kevin Johnson http://voices.allthingsd.com from other Web sites Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:09:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 Juniper Agrees to $5 Million Signing Bonus for New CEO http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080730/davis/ http://voices.allthingsd.com/20080730/davis/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:00:54 +0000 Jack Davis http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=2155 By Jack Davis, Blogger, Docu-Drama

In order to get Kevin Johnson to leave Microsoft, where he was instrumental in that company’s aborted attempt to buy Yahoo, Juniper agreed to give him $5 million just for signing on the dotted line. He gets $1.5 million for his first year, another $1.5 million for his second, and a final $2 million for his third, according to an SEC filing Monday.

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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.

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