[Oshkalaboomboom]

how can they boot him out of his own company? He could just fire the board.

[Gene Eric]

Company valuation.

[LordOddsocks]

“He could just fire the board”

Did he have sufficient votes for this? Shareholders make these decisions.

[Leaning Right]

> how can they boot him out of his own company? He could just fire the board <

It’s not really his company anymore. Out of curiosity - and because I can’t sleep - I looked it up. Over the years Bill Gates has sold most of his Microsoft stock. He now owns only about 1% of Microsoft!

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bill-gates-melinda-gates-stock-transfer-same-day-divorce-announcement-2021-5-1030394944?op=1

[wardaddy]

Public company

He only owns 1.3% of shares

[VAFreedom]

the same way apple removed steve jobs the first time.

[Bratch]

how can they boot him out of his own company?

Ask Papa John.

[zeestephen]

Re: "how can they boot him out of his own company? He could just fire the board."

Gates owns less than 5% of Microsoft today.

I think his all time largest share was in the 20%-25% range.

Most of his stock went into his Foundation endowment.

[Nifster]

He apparently did not own 51% of the stock

Companies have by laws too. So there may be many answers to your question