Two Xbox Executives Announce Their Departures From Microsoft

What’s Happening

So get this: Both had worked at the company for around a decade.

We’ve got a couple more departures to share from Team Xbox, as it’s been just dropped this week that Lori Wright and Haiyan Zhang will be leaving Microsoft soon, with both having spent around a decade each at the company. Lori Wright was the Corporate Vice President of Partnerships, Business Development & Marketing at Xbox, in which her role involved “publishing and platform partnerships, content licensing, developer programs, and market expansion. (wild, right?)

” News Xbox Microsoft Industry Lori Wright Haiyan Zhang Two Xbox Executives Announce Their Departures From Microsoft Both had worked at the company for around a decade by Fraser Gilbert 9 hours ago : 0 Image: Lori Wright (Official Xbox Podcast) We’ve got a couple more departures to from Team Xbox, as it’s been just dropped this week that Lori Wright and Haiyan Zhang will be leaving Microsoft soon, with both having spent around a decade each at the company.

The Details

” Wright took to LinkedIn two days ago to thanks and “overwhelming gratitude” for her experience at Microsoft: Lori Wright is leaving Xbox / Microsoft “in the coming weeks. ” Wright was a direct report to former Xbox president Sarah Bond, working as CVP of gaming partnerships and business development pic.

Com/N8iGLKLTJ3 Tom Warren (@tomwarren) Haiyan Zhang was the General Manager & Partner of Gaming AI at Microsoft Gaming / Xbox, and had before worked as Chief of Staff and even as Innovation Director at Xbox Studios all the way back in 2013. Zhang described leaving Microsoft as “the hardest decision of my life” in a socials post, but also broke down that she’s “always dropped I want to go on many adventures”.

Why This Matters

Her new adventure will be as part of the gaming team at Netflix. “At Microsoft, I felt I had truly found my people: a place where I could belong. I hope I carry forward some small piece of the culture we built together: one of curiosity, acceptance, and inclusion.

This is the kind of news that gets gamers talking across social media.

The Bottom Line

I hope I carry forward some small piece of the culture we built together: one of curiosity, acceptance, and inclusion. Thank you all for walking this journey with me, from my early days in Xbox Game Studios, to Microsoft Research, to serving as Gaming Chief of Staff, and more just working together on this AI revolution.

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