Peggy_Johnson

Peggy Johnson

Peggy Johnson

American businesswoman

For other people named Peggy Johnson, see Peggy Johnson (disambiguation).

Peggy Johnson is most recently the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Magic Leap, succeeding Rony Abovitz in Sept 2020. Before joining Magic Leap, she held the position of Executive Vice President of Business Development at Microsoft. Johnson was replaced as CEO by Ross Rosenberg in November 2023.

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Education

Johnson has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.[1]

Career

After college, Johnson joined General Electric as Engineer in their Military Electronics division.[2]

Johnson later joined Qualcomm, starting out as Engineer who often traveled with business teams to translate technical details of a solution for customers. She eventually transitioned from her technical role to a business role within Qualcomm.[2]

At Qualcomm, she worked on cutting-edge technologies including mobile connectivity and app stores.[3]

After 24 years at Qualcomm, she joined Microsoft as Executive Vice-President of Business Development.[4] Microsoft paid Johnson a US$7.8 million signing bonus.[5] In this role, she drove business deals and partnerships for the Company.[1]

In August 2020, Johnson joined Magic Leap as Chief Executive Officer.[6]

Awards and recognition

In 2016, Business Insider recognized Johnson as #2 among the most powerful women engineers in the world[7] and Silicon Republic recognized her as #14 among the most powerful women leading tech around the world.[8]

In 2017, Business Insider recognized her as the most powerful female engineer in the United States.[9]

Johnson was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2013[10] and named one of the top 100 women leaders in STEM in 2012 by STEMconnector.[11]

Personal life

Peggy Johnson is married and has three children.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Peggy Johnson in News Center". news.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  2. [2]
    "Peggy Johnson in Women Worth Watching". www.womenworthwatching.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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    "Women in Technology: Let's Close the Gap". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. [4]
    "Microsoft Poaches Qualcomm Exec Peggy Johnson". Re/code. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  5. [5]
    "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's first big hire got a $7.8 million signing bonus". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  6. [6]
    "Magic Leap Appoints Peggy Johnson as New Chief Executive Officer". Magic Leap Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  7. [7]
    "26 of the most powerful female engineers in 2016". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  8. [8]
    "40 powerful women leading tech around the world". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  9. [9]
    "WITI - Women in Technology Hall of Fame - Peggy Johnson, President, Global Market Development and Executive Vice President, Microsoft". www.witi.com. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  10. [10]
    "WITI - Hall of Fame - 21st Anniversary Celebration at the 2016 WITI Summit". www.witi.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  11. [11]
    "100 Women Leaders in STEM" (PDF). STEMconnector. STEMconnector. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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