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Implications of that Nadella stock sale

Implications of that Nadella stock sale

Microsoft CEO cashing in half his stake is a loud version of a lot of quiet decisions

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Paul Queary
Dec 02, 2021
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It’s entertaining to imagine the conversations that went on ahead of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s decision to dump half his stake in the company a few weeks before Washington State’s new capital gains tax kicks in.

First off, let’s be clear. We don’t have any real inside dope here. The lives of the rich and famous aren’t really what we do here. But we …

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