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That doesn't say that Kotick will be gone, it says that he'll be reporting up to Microsoft.

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Golden parachute incoming... Probably hanging around for a few months until the buyout completes, then off he goes.

Apparently his shares are worth about 385 million and his golden parachute is like a maximum of 293 million.

So if Microsoft buys out and fires Kotick, he'd walk away with like 678 million dollars. It's pretty weird that there are people who are happy about this proposition and are not named "Robert Kotick".

https://tenor.com/view/crying-wiping-tears-with-money-sad-mo...

Corporate speak sometimes requires you to read between the lines.

Thats what I thought. A CEO reporting to a CEO isnt going to end well.

Who exactly do you think the CEO of Microsoft Gaming reports to? This is a pretty common corporate structure. I've worked under a total of 4 CEOs in a hierarchy before (CEO of an investment firm reports to CEO of the owning bank's European investment division reports to CEO of Europe reports to actual CEO).

CEO within CEO is for separate Business Units or divisions, which is clearly not the case here.

How is Activision Blizzard not a business unit?

It probably isnt and it should become an integral part of Microsoft Gaming within 3-6 months. There is nothing dramatically different between it and other gaming projects/units in MS Gaming. This is not a large enterprise acquiring a startup and letting them run independently.

Go ahead, name a country that doesn't have two presidents. A boat that sets sail without two captains.

There's nothing to read into. He is categorically going to being staying on.

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