By Todd Bishop
Publication Date: 2026-05-22 00:02:00
Yusuf Mehdi, one of Microsoft’s best-known and longest-serving business leaders, whose tenure has spanned 35 years from Windows 3.1 to Microsoft Copilot, plans to leave the company after one more year — his “final season” at the company, as he called it in an interview.
Mehdi, 59, is Microsoft’s EVP and consumer chief marketing officer, overseeing product marketing for Windows, Surface, Copilot, Microsoft 365 consumer, Edge, and Bing search engine. He announced his plan Thursday, saying he intends to work at full intensity through the next fiscal year, ensuring succession plans are in place, before stepping away from the company that has been, as he put it, “the canvas of my life’s work.”
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