He stepped down from Microsoft's board in August to focus on his $2 billion purchase of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. Prior to the shareholder voting, Jesse Jackson took the stage to address shareholders about the need for ongoing diversity initiatives: the tech industry "does not look like America," he said, and asked the company to step up its efforts to create a more diverse workforce. While Microsoft has diverse representation at its highest ranks, including an African-American board chairman, an Indian CEO and a female CFO, the overall statistics are less flattering: the company is 61% white and 71% male. Microsoft's new CEO Satya Nadella said the company will release its diversity data to the federal government by the end of the month. The company will publicize its EEO-1 form, which outlines employment data by race and gender according to job type. The form is standard and companies have been reporting the information to federal authorities for decades.