I said "set to happen". As in, it was planned years ago.

I didn't mean it's not news, just saying it's not surprising.

Now he can relax at home playing with his 360 and all the amazing games it has. This is probably one of the reasons why he retired now. He is probably waiting to play the amazing games it has.

No. I doubt he made a major life decision of this magnitude based on a desire to play a video game system, even one his own company makes. I imagine it has a lot more to do with his three kids and the aforementioned $38 billion foundation (The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is largest foundation of it's kind in the world).

For those who questioned about age, he's 52. Not senior citizen, for sure, but not young by any means. 3 years away from AARP membership.

@Everstar

This was set in motion actually awhile back and officially announce last year. They have been putting new people in place for the last few years as Gates has said that he want to focus more on his Foundation than running Microsoft.

It's in the news because today is the first day he is stepping down as head of Microsoft.

It is news because he was still working at Microsoft full-time until today, at which point he will only work 1 day a week. He handed over to Ballmer years ago so the transition could be smooth while he was still there. Today is the last day that Bill Gates is there full time.

Bill Gates is one ugly mother fucker. Uglier than the Predator.

at first they were saying it would happen earlier,so im not so suprised

@coolestguyever
Why?

and if you put his wife in the mix, the predator is out of their league

I think he announced his retirement from Microsoft a while back, but only now is actually retiring. It was in the Newspaper so he's only just retiring now.
He's 52 by the way.