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That doesn't say that Kotick will be gone, it says that he'll be reporting up to Microsoft.
by ferdowsi 5y ago
That doesn't say that Kotick will be gone, it says that he'll be reporting up to Microsoft.
- uptown 5y agoCorporate speak sometimes requires you to read between the lines.
- mandis 5y agoThats what I thought. A CEO reporting to a CEO isnt going to end well.
- mbg721 5y agoGo ahead, name a country that doesn't have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains.
- bidirectional 5y agoWho exactly do you think the CEO of Microsoft Gaming reports to? This is a pretty common corporate structure. I've worked under a total of 4 CEOs in a hierarchy before (CEO of an investment firm reports to CEO of the owning bank's European investment division reports to CEO of Europe reports to actual CEO).
- mandis 5y agoCEO within CEO is for separate Business Units or divisions, which is clearly not the case here.
- bidirectional 5y agoHow is Activision Blizzard not a business unit?
- mandis 5y agoIt probably isnt and it should become an integral part of Microsoft Gaming within 3-6 months. There is nothing dramatically different between it and other gaming projects/units in MS Gaming. This is not a large enterprise acquiring a startup and letting them run independently.
- bidirectional 5y agoThere's nothing to read into. He is categorically going to being staying on.
- stoobs 5y agoGolden parachute incoming... Probably hanging around for a few months until the buyout completes, then off he goes.
- Ygg2 5y agohttps://tenor.com/view/crying-wiping-tears-with-money-sad-money-using-money-to-wipe-tears-away-gif-15329042 https://tenor.com/view/crying-wiping-tears-with-money-sad-mo...
- Hamuko 5y agoApparently his shares are worth about 385 million and his golden parachute is like a maximum of 293 million. So if Microsoft buys out and fires Kotick, he'd walk away with like 678 million dollars. It's pretty weird that there are people who are happy about this proposition and are not named "Robert Kotick".