It was an unlikely venue to discuss his retirement plans, but Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer revealed how long he plans to continue running the world's largest software company during an Eastern Washington University alumni breakfast Tuesday. Ballmer said he'll work at least 14 more years, which would give him an extraordinary 17 years as chief executive. That's more than double the average tenure of chief executives, 7.3 years, according to a study last year by Booz Allen Hamilton, a McLean, Va.-based research company.
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