Amy Hood (born August 9, 1971) is an American business executive serving as Chief Financial Officer of

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...

since 2013. Hood is the first female CFO in Microsoft's history. Hood joined Microsoft in 2002, holding positions in the investor relations group. She also served as chief of staff in the Server and Tools Business as well as running the strategy and business development team in the Business division. Previously, she worked at Goldman Sachs in various roles including investment banking and capital markets groups. On May 8, 2013, Microsoft announced Hood would be replacing Peter Klein as the company's chief financial officer. During her time at Microsoft, she helped orchestrate over 57 deals, including the $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub in 2018. Hood holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Duke University in 1994 and an MBA from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

. She and her husband are also minority owners of Major League Soccer's

Seattle Sounders Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

. In 2013, she was #63 in the

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World's 100 Most Powerful Women list, and 2021, she was ranked #28 on the list.

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