On March 13, 2020 Bill Gates announced he has stepped down from the public board of directors of Microsoft to “dedicate more time to philanthropic priorities including global health and development, education, and climate change”. He also stepped down from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. board where he has been since 2004 [1, 2]
On June 27, 2008, Gates transitioned out of a day-to-day role at Microsoft “to spend more time on his work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He served as Microsoft’s chairman of the board until February 4, 2014” [3]