Apparently the Nokia CEO holds over $3M in Microsoft stock. In addition to this ...

ugh · on Feb 13, 2011

This seems to be mostly FUD, here is the HN discussion about it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2212555 (I don’t know why it was manually dead-ed.)

joe_the_user · on Feb 13, 2011

Yes,

Considering that the EU also recently paid Nokia to keep developing Symbian, my naive thought is the EU would be very interested in this.

http://www.unwiredview.com/2010/11/02/explaining-symbeose-sy...

But I would easily admit my naive ideas about could be wrong given the many things that happen under the radar these days...

Edit: Elop denies being "the seventh largest Microsoft shareholder" despite being listed as such but confirms the level of share-holding which the list has. He's certainly not the seventh largest share holder of any kind, he certainly holds far less than Bill gates but it seems clear he is the seventh largest individual shareholder with ~$3 in shares.

jarek · on Feb 13, 2011

He is, at most, the ninth largest known individual shareholder. He can't get rid of said shares for regulatory reasons. Please see the discussion at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2212555.

mcantelon · on Feb 14, 2011

Whether or not he can get rid of his shares in the short term, what is good for Microsoft is good for his net worth which, it would seem, creates a conflict of interest.