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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
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Currently visiting Korea, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met with President Lee Myung-bak on Monday, and said his firm would invest US$60 million over the next three years to nurture human resources in the software field and to assist Korea¡¯s new software companies find their way in overseas markets. Microsoft will recruit 2,000 Korean university students over next three years, provide them with software development training, and will run a separate internship program for 500 people.
In a special lecture at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel hosted by the Federation of Korean Industries on Monday morning, Ballmer said, ¡°Our investment will grow more slowly, but we are not cutting back. ¡°We told our shareholders in July that we will increase our operating expenses by $4 billion in the 2009 fiscal year. I think it's the largest increase any company has proposed." On the upcoming U.S. presidential election, he said the U.S. and the global economy will improve no matter who is elected.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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