EXECUTIVE INSIGHT
Amy Hood , CFO , Microsoft
balancing the books and planning expenditure .
“ I may have thought about it that way when I took the job , but now it ’ s about creating an environment in which you all remember that you still want to pick us every day . That ’ s my job as a CFO ,” she said .
She has reportedly helped win employees , investors and customers back to Microsoft .
CLOUD COMPUTING DRIVE Amy has played a pivotal role in driving Microsoft ’ s digital advancements , including its shift to cloud computing and its current burgeoning developments involving incorporating AI throughout its product range . This includes working on the firm ’ s partnership with OpenAI , the creator of ChatGPT .
The company ’ s AI strategy was met with investor approval in January , catapulting its shares above the US $ 3tn market capitalisation milestone .
In addition to playing a major part in Microsoft ’ s successful acquisitions of , for example , GitHub and Mojang AB – the maker of Minecraft – the CFO ’ s expertise has extended to the US $$ 75.4bn acquisition of Activision Blizzard , the creator of smartphone
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