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    Microsoft CFO Connors quits









    微软公司于美国东部时间2005年1月11日宣布,公司首席财务官约翰-康纳斯(John
    Connors)将离开微软。

    微软正在积极物色康纳斯的继任者。微软表示,不排除从公司内部进行调任的可能。


    据悉,约翰-康纳斯已经在微软工作了16年,他过去5年内担任微软首席财务官的职务。从微软去职后康纳斯将奔赴西雅图与其它人合伙开办一家风险投资公司。









     










    Microsoft CFO Connors quits
    In
    this undated photo provided by Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Chief
    Financial Officer John Connors is shown. Microsoft said Tuesday,
    Jan. 11, 2005 that Connors was leaving after 16 years with the
    software giant to join a Seattle-area venture capital firm. (AP)

    Microsoft Corp.'s Chief Financial Officer John Connors said on
    Tuesday he would leave the world's largest software maker after 16 years
    to become a partner at a Seattle-area venture capital firm.

    Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft did not name a successor to
    Connors, 45, who in the past few years guided Microsoft to its
    first-ever dividend, ended employee stock options and orchestrated the
    biggest-ever cash payout by a U.S. company.

    "It's a very good time (to leave)," Connors told Reuters,
    adding that recent changes to Microsoft's financial structure and a
    strong group of internal candidates would help smooth the transition for
    his successor.

    "It's really hard to know (the impact on Microsoft) until you
    know who the replacement is," said Charles Di Bona, AN analyst at
    Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.

    "When you lose someone of his caliber(才干;人品)
    , it's not a good thing," Di Bona added, although he said it was
    unlikely Connors was leaving the company because of poor earnings
    performance during the latest quarter.

    Connors will be joining Ignition Partners LLC, a venture capital firm
    based in Bellevue, Washington, located between Seattle and Microsoft's
    Redmond headquarters.

    Connors said he works more than 55 hours A week at Microsoft and
    wanted to spend more time being involved with Pacific Northwest
    companies, initiatives and projects, and to spend more time with his
    wife and four children.

    His last major task at Microsoft would be to report the company's
    latest quarterly earnings on Jan. 27 and help find a new CFO.

    One possible replacement for Connors is Microsoft's corporate
    controller Scott Di Valerio, who came from the same position at Walt
    Disney Co. to help implement Microsoft's new financial structure.

    "We have some strong internal candidates," Connors said,
    adding that Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, Chairman Bill Gates and the
    board were also looking at outside candidates.

    After Connors took up the CFO post in 1999, Microsoft's annual sales
    almost doubled to nearly $37 billion in its latest fiscal year while
    cash on hand more than tripled to $64.4 billion.

    Ignition, founded by former McCaw Cellular Communications and
    Microsoft executives, the former CEO of AT&T Wireless and a former
    Starbucks Corp. treasurer, invests in technology companies and recently
    closed its third fund of $300 million.

    According to the latest regulatory filing, Connors owns nearly $8
    million in Microsoft stock, though his net worth(资本净值,净值)
    would presumably be higher from past stock sales and other investments.

    Connors is well regarded by the investor and analyst community for
    his folksy yet accurate delivery of financial information at quarterly
    earnings and analyst presentations and annual meetings.

    In 2003, Connors also oversaw the implementation of a new financial
    reporting structure at Microsoft by installing a chief financial officer
    for each of the company's seven business units, giving them more
    autonomy and control over their targets.

    That same year, Microsoft also ended it long-held practice of
    awarding lucrative stock options, which minted scores of millionaires at
    Microsoft since the mid-eighties, and instead began rewarding employees
    with direct stock awards.

    Last year, Connors oversaw Microsoft's $75 billion cash payout from
    the company's growing cash hoard by doubling the dividend, boosting
    stock repurchases and issuing a special dividend.