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Ryuu96 on 26 October 2023
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Marketing excellence at Microsoft is key to how we drive business growth and for the past ten years, Chris Capossela has done a terrific job as our CMO driving revenue and brand love for the company. The numerous accolades Microsoft continues to receive in terms of brand recognition and marketing awards are impressive and a testament to the strong team he has built. Chris and I have been working on his succession plan for some time, and as this new era of AI is upon us, we’ve decided this is the right time to put that plan into action.

I am pleased to announce that Takeshi Numoto is being promoted to Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, reporting to me. Takeshi has been at the heart of our Cloud transformation, he’s a fantastic systems thinker who works end-to-end across all functions from engineering to finance to operations to sales, and he’s built a great team of marketing leaders. I’m thrilled for him to step into the CMO role for Microsoft and drive our vision forward.

I’m also excited that Yusuf Mehdi is being promoted to Executive Vice President, Consumer Chief Marketing Officer. He will join the senior leadership team and report to Takeshi. Yusuf will serve as the champion of our end-user experiences and build on his work launching several of our AI-powered services to lead Microsoft Copilot product marketing. He will also continue to lead our Search, Ad, & News and Devices & Creativity Customer Solution Areas (CSAs).

And with our recently closed acquisition of Activision Blizzard King, we are doubling down on our Gaming business. To realize our growth potential, Ami Silverman and her Consumer Sales Organization will move to report to Phil Spencer, CEO of Gaming. Ami will continue to drive all our consumer sales including our Devices & Creativity CSA through our direct and partner sales channels.

After 32 years of dedicated service to our company, employees, and customers, Chris is leaving Microsoft. Over the many years we’ve worked together, I’ve known and respected Chris as a leader who has exemplified a complete, unwavering commitment to our mission and our culture. As a leader and a colleague, he’s always shown how deeply he cares about both the “what” and the “how” of driving our business forward. I’m grateful to have had the opportunity to work closely with him and for the significant impact he’s had on our company through marketing leadership, championing our culture and D&I, and developing world class talent that will serve us well into the future.

Please join me in congratulating Takeshi and Yusuf on their new roles and extending a big thank you to Chris for all his contributions to Microsoft.

Satya

A Change to Microsoft Marketing Leadership - The Official Microsoft Blog

Shame to see Chris leave! I liked him, he wasn't a part of Xbox or Gaming team but he was a big public supporter of Xbox, then again, he was Chief Marketing Officer of Microsoft but his support did come across as genuine, Lol. Yusuf used to work for Xbox though so now along with Phil Spencer, there are two former/current Xbox executives on Microsoft's Leadership Team.

In other news, Microsoft is doubling down on their Gaming business and Phil Spencer has even more people reporting to him now, Ami Silverman and her Consumer Sales Organization team will report directly to Phil Spencer moving forward, even more people reporting to Phil. His responsibilities are growing huge, Lol.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 26 October 2023