Sarah Bond
Born1978 (age 45)
Morristown, New Jersey
NationalityAmerican
Education
EmployerMicrosoft Gaming (2017-present)
TitlePresident of Xbox
Children2
AwardsVentureBeat Visionary Award (2022)

Sarah Bond is an American business executive and the current president of Xbox at Microsoft overseeing the entire brand's operations as a platform and ecosystem, including hardware and devices, player and creator experiences, platform engineering, strategy, business planning, data and analytics, and business development and partnerships.[1]

Career

Sarah Bond started her career as associate partner at McKinsey & Company.[2]

She worked for T-Mobile as chief of staff to then CEO John Legere, and later became a senior vice president of corporate strategy and development.[3]

In 2017, she joined Microsoft. She was a corporate vice president overseeing gaming business development and partnerships at Xbox,[4] and later as corporate vice president of game creator experience and ecosystem.[3]

She was a key figure representing Microsoft in front of courts and regulators during the company's scrutinized bid to acquire Activision Blizzard, including testifying at the 2022 FTC v. Microsoft trial.[5][6]

On October 26, 2023, Sarah Bond was promoted to president of Xbox, reporting directly to Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer.[7]

She is on the boards of Zuora,[8] Chegg,[9] and the ESA.[10]

She received the Visionary Award from GamesBeat in 2022.[11]

Personal life

Sarah Bond is an Economics graduate from Yale University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.[12][3] She lived in the United Kingdom for 10 years for education before moving back to the United States.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Warren, Tom (2023-10-26). "Read Phil Spencer's full Microsoft memo on the new Xbox leadership changes". The Verge. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  2. ↑ "Speaker Details Page". www.dicesummit.org. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. 1 2 3 "Sarah Bond". Archives of IT. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ↑ blackentrepreneurprofile.com. "Sarah Bond". Black Entrepreneur & Executives Profiles. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ↑ Plant, Logan (2023-06-22). "Sarah Bond: Xbox Cloud Is Game Pass Ultimate's Least Popular Feature, Says Service Running at a Loss". IGN. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  6. ↑ "Xbox claims Activision demanded a bigger revenue share to put Call of Duty on Series X/S". VGC. 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  7. ↑ "Microsoft Appoints Sarah Bond As The New President Of Xbox, Making Her The First Black Woman In The Role At A Major Gaming Company". Yahoo Finance. 2023-11-01. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  8. ↑ "These women could be the next Fortune 500 CEOs". Fortune. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  9. ↑ "Chegg Appoints Sarah Bond to Board of Directors". investor.chegg.com. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  10. ↑ FUTURE of XBOX & The Metaverse: Sarah Bond, retrieved 2023-11-07
  11. ↑ "Visionary Awards honor Microsoft's Sarah Bond and Arkane's Dinga Bakaba". VentureBeat. 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
  12. ↑ "Sarah Bond". Variety. 2020-12-22. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  13. ↑ Exclusive: Sarah Bond Talks What's Coming Up For Xbox in 2023, retrieved 2023-11-09
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