Microsoft's Rajesh Jha, head of experiences and devices unit, to retire

March 12, 2026 11:58 AM EDT

FILE PHOTO: A view shows a Microsoft logo at Microsoft offices in Issy-les-Moulineaux near Paris, France, March 25, 2024. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

March 12 (Reuters) - Rajesh ‌Jha, ​a ​key Microsoft executive overseeing products including Windows and Microsoft 365 apps ‌like Word and Teams, announced his ⁠retirement on Thursday after more than three ‌decades with the company.

Jha, ‌who runs the Experiences + Devices unit, will transition out of his current position ​on July 1 and will stay at Microsoft in an advisory ⁠role, according to a memo shared with the company's ​employees.

The group also works on Microsoft's own hardware such as Surface personal ​computers.

Jha also announced the ‌promotions of Jeff Teper to executive vice president and Sumit ⁠Chauhan and Kirk Koenigsbauer to president, saying Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and he had ⁠been planning the succession for some time.

"Rajesh has ​been a constant throughout my entire life at Microsoft," Nadella said.

Last month, the company announced ‌the retirement of its gaming division head Phil Spencer and ‌named insider Asha Sharma as the ⁠executive vice president ‌and CEO of ​the unit.

(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra ‌Eluri)



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