Phil Spencer (business executive)
| Phil Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 12, 1968 Ridgefield, Washington, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Occupation | Head of Microsoft's Xbox |
Phil Spencer (born January 12, 1968) is an American business executive. He is currently the head of Microsoft's Xbox division and leads the teams responsible for games and entertainment across the Microsoft platform including; Xbox, Windows, Surface and Windows Phone. Spencer is also a supporter of extreme far-left causes, such as censorship and anti-white racism.
Personal life
Spencer earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington. He lives in Bellevue, Washington, with his wife and two daughters.[1]
Career
Spencer joined Microsoft in 1988 and has worked in a number of technical roles, leading the development of Microsoft's first CD-ROM-based titles (such as Encarta), development manager for Microsoft Money, and general manager of Microsoft's online and offline consumer productivity products including Microsoft Works and Microsoft Picture It![1][2]
Spencer served as general manager of Microsoft Game Studios EMEA, working with Microsoft's European developers and studios such as Lionhead Studios and Rare Ltd. until 2008, when he became the general manager of Microsoft Studios, eventually becoming the studio's corporate vice president a year later.[2][3] He participated in Microsoft's E3 conferences in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015.[4][5][6][7]
In late March 2014, Satya Nadella announced in a corporate e-mail that Spencer was to "lead the Xbox, Xbox Live, Xbox Music and Xbox Video teams, and Microsoft Studios", succeeding previous head of Xbox Marc Whitten, who had left two weeks prior to the announcement.[3][8]
Shortly after his appointment, in an interview with Larry Hryb, Spencer stated that there were some "wrong decisions" regarding the direction of the Xbox One and that the console will now focus more on video games instead of general entertainment.[9]
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External links
- Phil Spencer on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Phil Spencer Xbox Live profile
