Microsoft executive team & leadership
Microsoft's executive team includes 7 tracked leaders as of July 2026, led by Satya Nadella (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer). The org chart, per-leader profiles and full leadership list are below.
Leadership overview
Microsoft has 7 tracked executives leading key functions including company strategy and operations, financial strategy, technology strategy and engineering, marketing (as of July 2026). Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn't just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
Org chart
Employees by management level
EstimatedLeadership team
| Name | Title | Location | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satya Nadella | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Redmond, Washington | View → |
| Amy Hood | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Redmond, Washington | View → |
| Kevin Scott | Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer | Redmond, Washington | View → |
| Takeshi Numoto | Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer | Redmond, Washington | View → |
| Brad Smith | Vice Chair and President | Redmond, Washington | View → |
| Judson Althoff | Executive Vice President and CEO of Microsoft Commercial Business | Redmond, Washington | View → |
| Amy Coleman | Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer | Redmond, Washington | View → |
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Leadership roles at Microsoft
Satya Nadella · full profile →
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Satya Nadella is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft. He became CEO in 2014 and Chairman in 2021, having previously led the company's Cloud and Enterprise group. Under his leadership Microsoft has centered its strategy on cloud computing and artificial intelligence across Azure, Microsoft 365 and Copilot.
Amy Hood · full profile →
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Amy Hood has served as Microsoft's chief financial officer since 2013, the first woman to hold the role. She joined the company in 2002, working in investor relations before becoming chief of staff for the Server and Tools Business and leading strategy and business development in the Business division. Prior to Microsoft she spent roughly eight years at Goldman Sachs in investment banking and capital markets. She has overseen more than 57 acquisitions, including the purchase of GitHub in 2018. She holds an economics degree from Duke University and an MBA from Harvard.
Kevin Scott · full profile →
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Kevin Scott has been Microsoft's chief technology officer since January 2017, appointed by CEO Satya Nadella. He previously spent six years at LinkedIn as senior vice president of engineering and operations, scaling its systems through the 2011 IPO. Before that he was vice president of engineering and operations at AdMob, and worked in search and ads engineering at Google from 2003, where he received a Google Founders' Award. He studied computer science at Lynchburg College and Wake Forest University, and left a PhD program at the University of Virginia in 2003.
Takeshi Numoto · full profile →
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Takeshi Numoto is Microsoft's chief marketing officer, leading the worldwide marketing organization across product marketing, brand, advertising, research, events and communications. He joined Microsoft in 1997 and has spent close to three decades at the company, working on the expansion of its commercial cloud business and its integrated product platforms. He holds a law degree from the University of Tokyo and an MBA from Stanford University.
Brad Smith · full profile →
Vice Chair and President
Brad Smith joined Microsoft in 1993 and has spent more than three decades there. He was general counsel and senior vice president from 2002, became president and chief legal officer in 2015, and vice chair in 2021. He led the resolution of Microsoft's antitrust cases and later became a prominent voice on privacy and cybersecurity, proposing a Digital Geneva Convention. Before Microsoft he was a partner at the law firm Covington & Burling. He holds a B.A. from Princeton and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Judson Althoff · full profile →
Executive Vice President and CEO of Microsoft Commercial Business
Judson Althoff was named chief executive officer of Microsoft's commercial business in 2025, covering product strategy, sales, services, support, marketing and operations across more than 120 subsidiaries. He joined Microsoft in March 2013 as president of Microsoft North America and became executive vice president of worldwide commercial business in 2016. Before Microsoft he was a senior vice president at Oracle, responsible for worldwide alliances, channels and embedded sales, and earlier held sales roles at EMC. He holds a mechanical engineering degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Amy Coleman · full profile →
Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
Amy Coleman, the Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer at Microsoft, leads human capital and organizational development. In this role, Amy oversees talent acquisition, employee engagement and culture, aligning day-to-day priorities with the company's broader objectives. Amy works alongside the rest of Microsoft's leadership team to support execution across the business. As Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer, Amy plays a central part in Microsoft's direction and performance (as of July 2026).