--- title: Report: Phil Spencer retiring from Xbox | daily.dev description: Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is retiring and Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving the company. Asha Sharma, previously head of Microsoft CoreAI, will... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/report-phil-spencer-retiring-from-xbox-sc6lrtchm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Report: Phil Spencer retiring from Xbox | daily.dev og:description: Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is retiring and Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving the company. Asha Sharma, previously head of Microsoft CoreAI, will... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/report-phil-spencer-retiring-from-xbox-sc6lrtchm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/sC6LrTChM.png og:image:alt: Report: Phil Spencer retiring from Xbox og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Report: Phil Spencer retiring from Xbox **[Game Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/gamedeveloper)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is retiring and Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving the company. Asha Sharma, previously head of Microsoft CoreAI, will take over as the new Xbox boss. Matt Booty has been promoted to chief content officer. The leadership change was announced via an internal email from Satya Nadella, Spencer, Sharma, and Booty. Sharma's introductory message emphasized commitment to great games, the return of Xbox, and the future of play, explicitly rejecting AI-generated content and promising to empower developers and players. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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