Former Xbox president Sarah Bond thanked former CEO Phil Spencer and congratulated his successor, Asha Sharma, in a letter despatched to all workers as information broke that she was leaving after eight years with the corporate.
Xbox CEO Phil Spencer introduced his retirement from Microsoft after practically 40 years yesterday (twenty first February), amid a serious management shakeup for the gaming model that’ll see Microsoft’s present president of CoreAI, Asha Sharma, take over the function, and Xbox president Bond depart the corporate.
In a message shared by way of LinkedIn, Bond stated she’s going to “stay on as a Particular Advisor to Asha to assist guarantee a clean transition,” however pressured, “that is the correct time for me to take my subsequent step, each personally and professionally”. She didn’t share what these subsequent steps can be.
“I’ve had the privilege of spending time with [new CEO] Asha over the previous couple of weeks as we have deliberate for this transition, and I’ve seen firsthand her deep dedication to our gamers, builders, and model,” Bond stated.
“She brings deep know-how and commerce expertise, together with a robust monitor document of constructing and scaling platforms that the world makes use of. Xbox deserves this. I am excited to see her lead this subsequent chapter for our group.”
Bond added: “I am extremely happy with what we have constructed collectively over the previous eight-plus years. PC and cloud gaming are rising quicker than ever, our subsequent console is effectively underway, and collectively we have helped lay the inspiration for a extra open gaming platform that spans units and reaches gamers all over the world.”
She closed on thanking Spencer for his “mentorship and friendship over time”, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella for “his sponsorship and help all through my time at Microsoft”.
In her first e mail to workers as CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Sharma wrote, “I really feel two issues directly: humility and urgency. Humility as a result of this group has constructed one thing extraordinary over a long time. Urgency as a result of gaming is in a interval of fast change, and we have to transfer with readability and conviction.”
Spencer stated: “As we speak marks an thrilling new chapter for Microsoft Gaming as Asha Sharma steps into the function of CEO, and I need to be the primary to welcome her to this unimaginable group.”
