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Phil Spencer Biography
Phil Spencer is an American business executive, who is currently the executive vice-president of Gaming at Microsoft. Spencer is currently the head of the Xbox brand and leads the global creative and engineering teams responsible for gaming at Microsoft.
Phil Spencer Education
Spencer graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and currently serves on the boards of the First Tee of Greater Seattle and the Entertainment Software Association.
Phil Spencer Microsoft
In 1988, Spencer joined Microsoft as an intern and has worked in a number of technical roles, leading the development of Microsoft’s first CD-ROM-based titles (such as Encarta), development manager for Microsoft Money, and general manager of Microsoft’s online and offline consumer productivity products including Microsoft Works and Microsoft Picture It!
Phil SpencerHe served as general manager of Microsoft Game Studios EMEA, working with Microsoft’s European developers and studios such as Lionhead Studios and Rare until 2008, when he became the general manager of Microsoft Studios, eventually becoming the studio’s corporate vice president a year later. Spencer has participated in Microsoft’s E3 conferences since 2010.
In late March 2014, Satya Nadella announced in a corporate e-mail that Phil was to “lead the Xbox, Xbox Live, Groove Music and Movies & TV teams, and Microsoft Studios”.
In September 2017, she was promoted to the Senior Leadership Team, gaining the title of Executive Vice President of Gaming within the company. He reports directly to CEO Satya Nadella.
In 2018, he delivered the keynote address at the 2018 DICE Summit.
Spencer spoke at the 2018 Game Awards.
Phil Spencer Age
Spencer was born on January 12, 1968 in Ridgefield, Washington, United States. He is 51 years old as of 2019.
Phil Spencer Height
Phil stands at a height of 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m).
Phil Spencer Wife
Spencer is married and currently, he lives with his wife and two daughters in the Seattle, a beautiful City in Washington. There is no available information about his wife, and also the identity of his daughters is still a mystery.
Phil Spencer Salary
Being the head of gaming at Microsoft, there is doubt Spencer receives a good amount of money as his salary. He earns an annual salary of $1.4 million.
Phil Spencer Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $7 million which he has accumulated throughout his long serving in the Microsoft team.
Phil Spencer Email
Email: philsp@microsoft.com
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