Microsoft CFO Amy Hood on Purpose and Progression

Amy Hood (0:00)

I think when you realize how your bias works in life, you then decide, first of all, one, I'm gonna work really hard to train myself out of it. Number two, I'm gonna find my purpose.

Michael Gervais (0:22)

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Amy is currently serving as the CFO, Chief Financial Officer at Microsoft Corporation, whose corporate mission, I think you're gonna love this, is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

All right, now this conversation, it's just good. It just feels really, it felt really good to be in this conversation. And it's about so much more than Amy's professional accolades and she's got them. Harvard MBA, undergraduate degree from Duke in economics, being listed at the number 44 spot on the Forbes World's 100 Most Powerful Women list. How cool is that?

This conversation is about her commitment to a full life experience in all of her roles as a woman, as a mom, as a wife, as a sister, a daughter, a global citizen, and of course, as the CFO of one of the most influential technology companies in the world, Microsoft.