Ford's (F) Alan Mulally is Top Pick for Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Job
The news comes just weeks after Mulally denied rumblings of such a move.
Mulally was previously the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the Seattle, near where Microsoft is based and has been a close advisor to Ballmer.
Initially, Nokia's Stephen Elop was seen as a shoe-in for the job after Microsoft acquired the device unit of Nokia earlier in the month, however, now board attention has turned to Mulally.