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B to B, April, 2006 by Morrison, Mary
Byline: Mary Morrison
STEVE BALLMER, CEO OF MICROSOFT CORP., clearly has many talents, but he freely admits his fashion sense leaves something to be desired. "I am not a generally fashionable guy,'' Ballmer told the assembled audience at Microsoft and the Executive Council of New York's Executive Business Forum in New York last month. With his trademark enthusiasm, Ballmer told the audience, "But I've got my Tommy Hilfiger tie.'' That's because designer Tommy Hilfiger, along with his CIO, Eric Singleton, was among the customers at Microsoft's event speaking about how they use Microsoft software to drive their business. Unfortunately, the crestfallen CEO said that backstage, the designer had pointed out a glaring fashion faux pas. "The first thing he says to me...
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