Nadella outran better-known candidates for Microsoft CEO

By Nadia Damouni and Bill Rigby NEW YORK/SEATTLE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - The race to determine the next head of Microsoft Corp looks to have ended where it began, with the software giant poised to take the route of least risk and tap rising internal star Satya Nadella for the job. After a bruising, five-month selection process, the list of contenders was cut to six serious candidates, with the chief executive job nearly going to Ford Motor Co CEO Alan Mulally, an outsider favored by investor

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