{"entity":"microsoft","id":"ent_microsoft","name":"Microsoft","predicate":"chair","label":"chair","page":"https://asof.is/record/microsoft/chair","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, Microsoft's chair on the AsOf record is Satya Nadella, dated June 16, 2021, from a primary source (sec.gov) and one further source (vectorshift.ai). The record holds 3 claims on Microsoft's chair, 1 still open and 2 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_2DF23E3BA528"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_3B9EF60CF7CE","value":"Bill Gates","valid_from":"1981-01-01","valid_to":"2014-02-04","published":"2001-09-27","recorded":"2026-10-30","confidence":0.95,"status":"superseded","assertable":true,"superseded_by":"clm_81F0D830E827","sources":[{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000103221001501143/ddef14a.htm","tier":"primary","publisher":"Microsoft (DEF 14A)","published_at":"2001-09-27T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"William H. Gates, 45, was a founder of the Company and has served as Chairman of the Board since the Company’s incorporation in 1981.","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000103221001501143/ddef14a.htm"}},{"id":"clm_81F0D830E827","value":"John W. Thompson","valid_from":"2014-02-04","valid_to":"2021-06-16","published":"2014-02-04","recorded":"2026-10-30","confidence":0.95,"status":"superseded","assertable":true,"superseded_by":"clm_2DF23E3BA528","sources":[{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312514035080/d669538dex991.htm","tier":"primary","publisher":"Microsoft (8-K ex99.1)","published_at":"2014-02-04T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"John Thompson, lead independent director for the Board of Directors, will assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors and remain an independent director on the Board.","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312514035080/d669538dex991.htm"}},{"id":"clm_2DF23E3BA528","value":"Satya Nadella","valid_from":"2021-06-16","valid_to":null,"published":"2021-06-17","recorded":"2026-10-30","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312521192783/d176999d8k.htm","tier":"primary","publisher":"Microsoft (8-K)","published_at":"2021-06-17T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://vectorshift.ai/research/companies/microsoft/people","tier":"secondary","publisher":"vectorshift.ai","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"On June 16, 2021, Microsoft Corporation (the “Company”) announced that the independent members of the Company’s board of directors unanimously elected chief executive officer Satya Nadella to the role of board chair and John W. Thompson to the role of lead independent director.","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/789019/000119312521192783/d176999d8k.htm"}}],"replaced":[{"claim":"clm_3B9EF60CF7CE","value":"Bill Gates","valid_from":"1981-01-01","valid_to":"2014-02-04","replaced_by":"clm_81F0D830E827","replaced_by_value":"John W. Thompson","replaced_from":"2014-02-04"},{"claim":"clm_81F0D830E827","value":"John W. Thompson","valid_from":"2014-02-04","valid_to":"2021-06-16","replaced_by":"clm_2DF23E3BA528","replaced_by_value":"Satya Nadella","replaced_from":"2021-06-16"}],"faq":[{"question":"What is Microsoft's current chair?","answer":"Satya Nadella, dated June 16, 2021, from a primary source (sec.gov) and one further source (vectorshift.ai). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."},{"question":"When did Microsoft's chair last change?","answer":"The latest value on the record is Satya Nadella, dated June 16, 2021; before it the record holds John W. Thompson, dated February 4, 2014 and closed on June 16, 2021."},{"question":"What was Microsoft's chair before Satya Nadella?","answer":"John W. Thompson, valid from February 4, 2014 to June 16, 2021 (status superseded), from a primary source (sec.gov)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}