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MICROSOFT'S ASIAN PIONEER
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GS: Is retirement what you expected it to be?

Oki: No, not at all. When I say I'm busier than when I was at Microsoft, that's largely true. I'm on 18 non-profit boards and 8 for-profit boards and I'm a venture capitalist and invest in a lot of hi-tech startups. I'm involved in a lot of different things. So I'm far busier now certainly on a diversity scale than I was at Microsoft. There's not the same level of pressure. I don't have anyone to report to. I'm my own boss and I call the shots, but I've gotten myself a little unbalanced again. I'll get back into balance in a few years.

GS: What are some of the passions driving you now?

Oki: Doing something for the community, that's certainly a passion of mine.

GS: Specifically, what do you devote a lot of time to?

Oki: Children's health and welfare issues, largely, the Oki foundation. The organizations that benefit from our philanthropy focus on children's health and welfare issues. I wouldn't be sitting on 18 non-profit boards if I wasn't passionate about doing something to give back to the community. That's a big part of it. The other things is, I'm very passinate about golf. I'm a lousy golfer but it's gotten me involved in developing golf courses.

GS: In what area?

Oki: Up here in the Seattle area.

GS: What's your handicap?

Oki: It continues to go up. I'm now a 13.

GS: Certainly nothing to be ashamed of.

Oki: Two years ago, just after I retired, it was a 9. It's gotten progressively worse.

GS: Where do you ski?

Oki: In Vail, Colorado. We have a home in Vail.

GS: What's your typical daily routine?

Oki: There is no typical daily routine. I'm a morning person so I get up fairly early. I'll be in the office by seven. Not every day, but most days. I like to take care of most of the phone calls and meetings in the morning so I can free up the afternoons to go hit a few balls.

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GS: Do you work five days a week?

Oki: I probably work five days. I don't work weekends any more, so that's nice.

GS: Do you spend much time with your wife and kids?

Oki: It's different kind of time. Now we'll spend two months in the winter skiing in Vail. And we'll take the kids over to France for a month. Then we're going to Italy for three weeks. Weekends are now family time. I don't play golf on the weekends. I don't work on the weekends, so that's very high-quality family time. That's something I was never able to do while I was at Microsoft.

GS: Do you see a time when you might be persuaded to go back to work for a computer company?

Oki: No, no, no.

GS: Not ever?

Oki: No. I guess you should never say never, but no, I don't see that in the cards.

GS: What role did your ethnicity play in your career?

Oki: With Microsoft, none. Zero. Microsoft is still very much a meritocracy. People get ahead by how smart they are, how dedicated they are, accomplishments. It has nothing to do with whether you have green hair or wear shoes to work. It's very much a meritocracy. PAGE 10

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