Meet Terry Myerson, the most important man at Microsoft

In December 2008, there was an emergency meeting at Microsoft that those present reportedly nicknamed the "cage match." Terry Myerson, a young executive with a blunt affect and a love of Hawaiian shirts, had just been promoted to head of mobile engineering. At the time, that meant Windows Mobile, the aging, touch-unfriendly mobile operating system that Microsoft first released in 2003. Myerson called the meeting. On the table was a prototype of a new Windows Mobile phone. On everyone's mind was ...