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African American tech executive John Thompson has been appointed the new chairman of Microsoft Corporation, replacing chairman and co-founder Bill Gates. Thompson is the former CEO of Symantec Corporation and hopes to bring Microsoft into better competition with Apple and Google. He was the first and only African American leader of a major technology company and will continue the legacy with Microsoft. Thompson will work with the a new CEO, Satya Nadella. Thompson initially joined Microsoft in 2013 as director of the board.

64-year-old Thompson is a native of Fort Dix, New Jersey and was raised in Riviera Beach, Florida. His parents worked as a postal worker and a teacher.

Little Known Black History Fact: John Thompson and Microsoft  was originally published on blackamericaweb.com

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