Mr. Jeffrey (Jeff) Scott Raikes

Chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Until early 2008 he was the President of the Microsoft Business Division and oversaw the Information Worker, Server & Tools Business and Microsoft Business Solutions Groups. He joined Microsoft in 1981 as a product manager. He retired from Microsoft in September 2008, after a transitional period, to join the Gates Foundation. He is credited with driving much of Microsoft’s early work in business applications. He also held roles managing the company’s sales force and services groups.