Microsoft has announced that current president and long-time employee Jeff Raikes will be retiring effective in September 2008. Raikes has generally been seen as an effective manager and deal-maker for the company, first helping define the Microsoft Office brand and early Macintosh apps and then overseeing more than 20 consecutive quarters of double-digit revenue growth in the company’s Server and Tools business, along with a doubling the annual income generated by Microsoft’s business division.
