Steven Anthony Ballmer is an American business executive and investor who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is a co-founder of Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company.
Patricia Q. Stonesifer was the interim CEO of The Washington Post and serves on the corporate board of Amazon. She began her career in various executive roles at Microsoft before becoming the founding CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She previously served as the President and CEO of Martha's Table, a Washington D.C.-based non-profit that provides community-based solutions to poverty.
Indra Nooyi is an American business executive who was the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of PepsiCo.
Joel Marc Podolny is an American sociologist. Formerly the dean of the Yale School of Management, he is currently an executive at Apple Inc., where he is the dean of Apple University and a vice president of the firm. Previously, he was vice president for human resources.
Padmasree Warrior is an Indian-American businesswoman and technology executive. She is known for her leadership roles in technology firms like Cisco where she served as the CTO for seven years, and at Motorola where she was the CTO for five years. She also served as the CEO of Nio USA, an electric car maker. Currently, she is the founder and CEO of Fable, a curated reading platform focused on mental wellness. She also serves on the board of directors of Microsoft and Spotify.
Mini-Microsoft is a blog that was maintained by an anonymous author who appeared to be a Microsoft employee. The site credited its sole author as "Who da'Punk", but many readers referred to him as "Mini" or "Mini-Microsoft". The nominal goal of the blog was to shrink Microsoft down to a smaller, more efficient company, but the blog also served as a forum where Microsoft employees and others engaged in discussion about the company and about its corporate culture. It was last updated in 2014.
Wayne M. Perry is a retired American businessman and former national president of the Boy Scouts of America (2012–2014).
Mary Teresa Barra is an American businesswoman who has been the chair and chief executive officer (CEO) of General Motors since January 15, 2014. She is the first female CEO of a 'Big Three' automaker. In December 2013, GM named her to succeed Daniel Akerson as CEO. Prior to being named CEO, Barra was executive vice president of global product development, purchasing, and supply chain.
Tami L. Reller is an American businesswoman. Reller is a native of Grand Forks, North Dakota. She earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Minnesota State University Moorhead and a master's degree in business administration from Saint Mary's College of California. In 1984, while still attending college, she began her career at Great Plains Software. She joined Microsoft Corporation in 2001 as part of the acquisition of Great Plains Software, where she served as a chief financial officer (CFO). In 2011, after the departure of Steven Sinofsky, she was promoted to the corporate vice president and the CFO of the company's Windows division. In July 2013, she was promoted to executive vice president, marketing for Microsoft Corporation.
Jo Lynn "Jody" Allen is an American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She is the sister of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and served as the chief executive officer of his investment and project management company, Vulcan Inc., from its founding in 1986 until 2015. She is also the co-founder and president of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Peter Klein is an American businessman mostly known for holding the chief financial officer position at Microsoft Corporation. On April 18, 2013, Microsoft announced Klein would be leaving the company at the end of Microsoft's current fiscal year.
Amy Hood, is an American business executive serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Microsoft since 2013. Hood is the first female CFO in Microsoft's history.
Laurette T. Koellner is an American business executive, the former president of Boeing International.
Brian P. McAndrews is an American marketing and advertising executive, sports team owner who is a former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Pandora Media, Inc.
Kimberly S. Bowers was the CEO, Chairman of the Board, Director and President of CST Brands, Inc. She is also the Director of WPX Energy, Inc and an Executive Vice President and Divisional President of Valero Energy Corp. Bowers is one of only 26 women who are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
Bradford Lee Smith is an American attorney and business executive who became Vice Chairman of Microsoft in 2021, and President in 2015. He previously served as a senior vice president and general counsel from 2002 to 2015.
Kathleen Hogan is Executive Vice President for human resources and Chief People Officer at Microsoft.
Beth Axelrod is an American human resources leader. She is currently Vice President of Employee Experience at Airbnb and an advisor at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. Previously, She was the Senior Vice President of human resources at eBay from 2005 to 2015. Axelrod is a member of several corporate boards and academic advisory councils, including Heidrick & Struggles and the Jay H. Baker Retailing Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She was formerly an advisory board member of Bulger Partners, YaleWomen, and UC Berkeley Executive Education.
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland is an American business executive and philanthropist. As the former Vice President of Corporate Public Affairs for Duke Energy, she was the first African-American woman to serve as a vice president at the company. She previously worked as the Vice President of Energy Delivery Services, Vice President of the North Region, and Vice President of Economic Development for Progress Energy Inc and was the first African-American woman to serve as a vice president. She currently serves on the board of directors for RTI International as Chair Audit & Risk Committee, in 2016, she was appointed to the 8 Rivers Capital, an energy technology company's Board and in 2020 she was appointed to the Board of Directors of Southwest Water Company. She is often the first African-American woman board member. Pinnix-Ragland also serves as the chairwoman of the board of trustees at North Carolina A&T State University. In May 2017 she co-authored the book The Energy Within Us: An Illuminating Perspective from Five Trailblazers.
Eileen Shanley Kraus was an American business executive who broke the glass ceiling to be the first woman to run a major bank in Connecticut. She was inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 2002.
