Asha Sharma
Asha Sharma is an American executive and the current CEO of Microsoft’s gaming division, Xbox.
She succeeded Phil Spencer in February 2026 and previously served as president of Microsoft‘s CoreAI product.
After graduating from university, Sharma joined Microsoft’s marketing department in 2011.
She left the company in 2013 to join a home services startup, then joined Facebook as VP Product & Engineering for its Messenger and Instagram Direct products. She rejoined Microsoft in 2024.
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Tickets are on sale now for VGC Live in Glasgow
VGC takes to the stage for the first time ever at one of Glasgow's most historic venues
Xbox boss says she wants to ‘make the right decision’ on future game exclusivity
Asha Sharma and Matt Booty discuss some of the broad policy commitments made this week, including PS5 releases
Xbox confirms it’s ‘reevaluating’ exclusivity as it shares future mission statement
Microsoft Gaming will be rebranded as just ‘Xbox’, new CEO confirms
Xbox’s new boss tells staff Game Pass ‘has become too expensive for players’
Asha Sharma suggests Game Pass price changes are coming
Microsoft claims new gaming CEO killed This is an Xbox campaign ‘because it didn’t feel like Xbox’
Asha Sharma is leading a 'brand reset', according to the company
Xbox confirms its next console will run PC games and is codenamed ‘Project Helix’
New Xbox boss Asha Sharma says Microsoft will meet with partners at GDC next week
‘We need to draw lines on what we won’t do’: Xbox isn’t enforcing the use of AI, new gaming CEO says
Despite previously heading Microsoft's CoreAI, Asha Sharma says care must be taken with the tech
‘A remarkable leader’: Asha Sharma pays tribute to Phil Spencer as she replaces him as Microsoft Gaming CEO
"He pushed for backward compatibility because players asked for it"
Xbox’s new CEO pledges not to flood future games with ‘soulless AI slop’
The incoming exec claims she has “no tolerance for bad AI”
Huge Xbox shakeup: Phil Spencer retiring, Sarah Bond resigns, Microsoft AI boss becomes new Microsoft Gaming CEO
Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty is being promoted to chief content officer