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Additional info: Des Dearlove "THE UNAUTHORIZED GUIDE TO DOING BUSINESS THE BILL GATES WAY"

English

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Business history is littered with difficult CEO successions at high profile companies. While Gates was contemplating his future at Microsoft in the late 1990s, Robert Nakasone became CEO of Toys R Us in 1998 but left just 18 months later, Richard Thoman sat in the hot seat at Xerox for barely a year, taking the job in April 1999 and departing in May 2000.

Like almost everything else Gates has been involved with, however, once he had taken the decision to move on, and applied his substantial intellect to the challenge of succession, he came up with a remarkably effective solution.

Japanese

企業の歴史は高い業績の会社では難しいCEO継承によって汚される。ゲイツが１９９０年代後半に彼の未来のマイクロソフトを見据えていた間に、Robert　Nakasoneが１９９８年にトイザラスのCEOとなりすぐ１８ケ月後に去って行き、Richard　Thomanはゼロックスの重責をほんの１年だけ担った、つまり１９９９年４月に就任して２０００年５月に去って行った。

まったく同様な状態にゲイツも巻き込まれた。彼は一度は前進することを決め、彼の知能のかなりの分を継承問題というチャレンジに費やしたが、彼は非常に効果的な解決方法を思いついた。