Tony Bates joined Microsoft through the Skype acquisition, where he was Skype CEO, and later led Microsoft's Business Development and Evangelism team.

Judge as of 2014-03-03. True: Tony Bates was CEO of Skype when Microsoft acquired it (2011), joined Microsoft through that acquisition, and later led Microsoft's Business Development and Evangelism group. Mostly true: all three points hold, with a minor slip in a detail such as the exact title or group name. Mixed: one substantive element is wrong, for example he joined via Skype but never led Business Development and Evangelism, or he led that group but did not come from Skype as its CEO. Mostly false: only a peripheral element holds. False: Bates was not Skype's CEO and did not join Microsoft through the Skype acquisition.

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1. E1 Microsoft announces changes to executive team - KitGuru KitGuru · 3 March 2014

   “Tony Bates came to the company via the Skype acquisition, where he was chief exec of Skype. More recently he stepped up to the new opportunity of leading the business development and evangelism team.”

2. E2 The 25 Blockbuster IT Executive Moves Of 2013 | CRN CRN · 28 January 2014

   “Another Microsoft executive who took on a new role last summer after the reorganization is Tony Bates, who was named executive vice president of Business Development and Evangelism. Bates had previously served as president of Microsoft's Skype division since 2011, when Microsoft acquired the VoIP company. He served as CEO of Skype before the acquisition”

3. E3 Tony Bates - Wikipedia Wikipedia

   “From July 2013 to March 2014, Bates was appointed EVP Business Development, Strategy and Evangelism, taking the only customer/partner and technology facing role which spans all of Microsoft's portfolio of products and businesses.”

4. E4 Microsoft finalizes acquisition of Skype, Tony Bates shares his thoughts (video) - Engadget Engadget · 14 October 2011

   “Skype CEO Tony Bates will assume the title of president of the Skype Division of Microsoft immediately, reporting directly to Ballmer.”

E4, from 2011, reports that Skype CEO Tony Bates became president of Microsoft's Skype Division when the acquisition closed. E2 confirms that he was Skype's CEO before the acquisition and that in 2013 he was named executive vice president of Business Development and Evangelism. E3 says he held the business development and evangelism role from July 2013 to March 2014, and E1 says he more recently led that team. All three elements of the proposition hold.