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Rajesh Jha, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Experience and Devices group, is retiring after more than 35 years at the software giant. Jha was a big part of the team that helped move the Microsoft Office suite to the cloud, most recently overseeing Microsoft 365 Copilot, Windows, Office, and more.
“After more than 35 years at Microsoft, I am transitioning into retirement,” Jha says. In an internal memo. “I will be moving on July 1 and will then remain in an advisory role.” Jha will leave his position at the end of June, but Microsoft is not promoting anyone as a direct replacement for Jha’s role. Instead, the company is promoting four of his direct reports to executive vice president, who reports directly to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. This includes Head of Windows and Surface Pavan Davuluri, Head of Office and CEO of LinkedIn Ryan Roslansky, Chief Business and Industry Copilot (BIC) Charles Lamanna, and Head of Microsoft 365 Core Perry Clark.
“Rajesh has been a constant throughout my life at Microsoft,” Nadella says in a memo to employees today. “When I think of the group of leaders who have truly shaped this company, Rajesh stands firm among them. He embodies the commitment that has helped build Microsoft into the company it is today, and it is on the strength of that foundation that we will continue to move forward.”
This latest change appears to be another flattening of Microsoft’s senior management, allowing leaders of Windows, Office, and other products to report directly to Nadella. Jha says Microsoft’s priorities “around the Secure Future Initiative, Quality Engineering Initiative, and Copilot remain unchanged,” and that full details about the new organizational structure will be published between now and the end of June.
News of Jha’s retirement comes just weeks after former Xbox head Phil Spencer He announced his own retirement From Microsoft. Spencer is leaving Microsoft after nearly 40 years, and Asha Sharma takes over as the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Spencer will remain in an advisory role over the summer to support the transition.