2 Amy Hood

Title: EVP & CFO Company: Microsoft Industry: Technology

The first female CFO in the history of Microsoft, Amy set out to make history. She has also been in the role for 13 years, taking over as CFO in 2013. Partnering closely with CEO Satya Nadella for the last seven years, she helps drive global strategy at Microsoft, including the successful acquisitions of LinkedIn, Activision Blizzard and GitHub. She took a risk leaving an eight-year stint at Goldman Sachs in 2002 without a job lined up already, but correctly placed her bets by applying to Microsoft in the same year. The year was productive, as she also achieved a master’ s in Business Administration from Harvard. The company says she champions culture alongside her duties handling tax, audits, financial planning and analysis, acquisitions, global real estate, treasury and financial compliance reporting. financechief. com 101