Microsoft Corporation announced after 35+ years at Microsoft, Rajesh Jha, Executive Vice President, Experiences + Devices moving into retirement. Rajesh will transition out on July 1, 2026 and then stay in an advisory role. Satya and Rajesh have been working on succession for some time.
Rajesh incredibly confident and excited about the future with Perry Clarke, Charles Lamanna, Pavan Davuluri, and Ryan Roslansky as EVP direct reports to Satya. The company announced the promotions of Jeff Teper to EVP, and Sumit Chauhan and Kirk Koenigsbauer to President. The company announced these top-level changes on March 12, 2026, and between now and June, Rajesh leadership team and will work together to finalize the full cascade of details needed in this kind of transition.
This includes aligning operating rhythms, decision ownership, and details on the future org structure, all so we?ll be fully aligned and ready to run at the start of full year 2027. The intent in taking this approach is to minimize changes and not lose the great momentum the company have.


















