{"id":113034,"date":"2026-02-02T12:40:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/steven-sinofsky-sought-epsteins-advice-on-exiting-microsoft-the-register\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:41:26","slug":"steven-sinofsky-sought-epsteins-advice-on-exiting-microsoft-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/steven-sinofsky-sought-epsteins-advice-on-exiting-microsoft-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Steven Sinofsky sought Epstein&#8217;s advice on exiting Microsoft \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/go.fiverr.com\/visit\/?bta=1052423&nci=17043\" Target=\"_Top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/fiverr.ck-cdn.com\/tn\/serve\/?cid=40081059\"  width=\"601\" height=\"201\"><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"body\">\n<p>Steven Sinofsky warned Microsoft that its flagship Floor was about to flop in public, then sought exit recommendation from Jeffrey Epstein as he negotiated his approach out of Redmond.<\/p>\n<p>These particulars seem in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\" rel=\"nofollow\">newly released Department of Justice files linked to Epstein<\/a>, which embody emails displaying the previous Home windows boss searching for recommendation on cash, leverage, and what to do subsequent after his abrupt 2012 exit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo_article\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/regmedia.co.uk\/2013\/02\/21\/management_regulation7.jpg?x=174&amp;y=115&amp;crop=1\" width=\"174\" height=\"115\" alt=\"management regulation7\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 title=\"End of the road for Lumia 2520 slab\">RIP Home windows RT: Microsoft murders ARM Floor, Nokia tablets<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2015\/02\/04\/microsoft_stops_making_nokia_lumia_2520\/\"><span>READ MORE<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>There is not any suggestion of felony habits by Sinofsky. The exchanges with Epstein supply a uncommon glimpse at how a senior Microsoft government sized up failure, and the price of strolling away from it.<\/p>\n<p>The set off was the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2013\/07\/19\/microsoft_q4_2013_earnings\/\">Surface RT<\/a>, Microsoft&#8217;s first actual try and muscle into Apple&#8217;s {hardware} turf. By November 2012, Sinofsky was warning internally that it was going sideways quick.<\/p>\n<p>In an e mail to CEO Steve Ballmer and COO Kevin Turner, he stated the system was &#8220;about to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2013\/07\/30\/microsoft_surface_sales_disaster\/\">catastrophically fail<\/a> in a really public approach,&#8221; with gross sales monitoring at roughly one-tenth of even the bottom expectations. As soon as the numbers escaped, he added, there could be no hiding it. &#8220;Phrase will get out very quickly. There isn&#8217;t any long run with out this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\">\n        <noscript><br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n            <\/a><br \/>\n        <\/noscript>\n    <\/div>\n<p>9 days later, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2012\/11\/13\/steve_sinofsky_exits_microsoft\/\">Sinofsky was gone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\">\n            <noscript><br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\">\n                <noscript><br \/>\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><br \/>\n                <\/noscript>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Months later, Sinofsky forwarded the identical e mail chain to Jeffrey Epstein, declaring that Microsoft had gone on to put in writing off $900 million in unsold Floor stock \u2013 greater than it had initially deliberate.<\/p>\n<p>What adopted was a sequence of sensible, unsentimental emails about cash and constraints. Sinofsky despatched Epstein his full retirement settlement, complaining that Microsoft was fixated on restrictive non-competes and reluctant to grant full vesting of inventory awards. Not sure what leverage he nonetheless had, he requested outright. Epstein&#8217;s reply was clear and repeated throughout messages: ask for $20 million and do not budge.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,dmpu,\">\n            <noscript><br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Simply repeat 20,&#8221; Epstein suggested. &#8220;Don&#8217;t let [them] discuss you down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, Sinofsky walked away with a retirement bundle value about $14 million in inventory. When particulars of the deal emerged months later, Epstein chimed in with a brief be aware of his personal: &#8220;You are welcome :).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The emails additionally element Sinofsky&#8217;s unease about life after Microsoft. He floated the concept of working at Samsung, then instantly apprehensive about being sued. Microsoft, he famous, had an extended historical past of dragging former executives into court docket beneath the speculation of &#8220;inevitable leakage of commerce secrets and techniques,&#8221; submitting public, bruising, and professionally disabling instances even when defendants finally prevailed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been a part of a dozen lawsuits filed after Microsoft individuals went to opponents. It&#8217;s nasty, public, and in the end Microsoft prevailed in all of them,&#8221; Sinofsky stated. &#8220;Both the particular person backed down or ended up so tarnished they had been ineffective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Epstein supplied to assist clean that path for a $1 million payment, suggesting he may handle inner politics and preserve Ballmer from &#8220;trashing&#8221; Sinofsky in public. Sinofsky in the end didn&#8217;t be part of Samsung.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\">\n            <noscript><br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/wp-content\/themes\/breek\/assets\/images\/transparent.gif\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_onprem\/personaltech&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33aYCbOxlWRpXa-EiSsOlfNgAAAFA&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><br \/>\n            <\/noscript>\n        <\/div>\n<p>Home windows 8 remains to be Home windows 8, and Floor RT stays an costly mistake. The emails do not change that. What they do supply is a much less polished view of how a senior Microsoft exit truly performed out as soon as issues began going incorrect. 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