people, Software, IT
Microsoft CFO Liddell Leaving
Gregory T. Huang 11/24/09
Redmond, WA-based Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) said today that chief financial officer Chris Liddell is leaving the company at the end of this year to pursue other opportunities. He will be succeeded by Peter Klein, who is currently the CFO of Microsoft’s Business Division. Liddell joined Microsoft in 2005 and helped lead the company’s $6 billion acquisition of aQuantive in 2007, as well as its more recent cost-cutting measures.
Gregory T. Huang is the Editor of Xconomy Seattle. You can e-mail him at gthuang@xconomy.com or call 206-624-2249.





