By Ashley Stewart
Publication Date: 2026-03-12 15:03:00
Rajesh Jha, a key Microsoft executive who oversees the company’s most recognizable businesses, is retiring.
Jha runs Experiences and Devices, a major unit within Microsoft responsible for products including Office, Windows, and Teams. He’s one of CEO Satya Nadella‘s most influential lieutenants.
“Rajesh has been a constant throughout my entire life at Microsoft,’ Nadella wrote in a memo to employees. “When I think about the pantheon of leaders who have truly shaped this company, Rajesh stands firmly among them.”
Business Insider reported in December that Jha was considering retirement.
Jha is one of Microsoft’s longest-serving executives and rose through the ranks from software engineer to a top executive who led Office through its transition to the cloud-based Microsoft 365 suite of applications and now into the AI era.
