Except that now, he's probably a minority shareholder (I think he invested $1bn of his own money, and I saw that MSFT invested $2bn) so if they say jump, he has

Except that now, he's probably a minority shareholder (I think he invested $1bn of his own money, and I saw that MSFT invested $2bn) so if they say jump, he has to ask "how high?" All depends on how the deal was structured, though. Silver Lake, if they're like other private equity firms, are going to want a 20% return in around 5 years. They're going to put pressure on him to sell the unprofitable parts of the firm.