Takeshi Numoto

Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Microsoft

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Takeshi Numoto leads Microsoft’s worldwide marketing organisation as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, a role he has held since October 2023, covering product marketing, brand, advertising, research, events and communications. In nearly three decades at Microsoft he has been central to its business-model shifts: he led marketing through the move from packaged Office software to Office 365 and through the growth of the commercial cloud business. Before Microsoft he served in Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Microsoft ranked No. 11 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Microsoft since October 2023.
• Executive Vice President and Commercial Chief Marketing Officer, 2020 to 2023.
• Corporate Vice President, Cloud Marketing, 2012 to 2020.
• Corporate Vice President for Office 365 Marketing from 2004.
• Joined Microsoft in 1997.

Professional Journey

Numoto earned a bachelor’s degree in law at the University of Tokyo and an MBA at Stanford University. He served in Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry before joining Microsoft in 1997, where he held roles in Windows program management and Office marketing.

As Corporate Vice President for Office 365 marketing from 2004 he led the transformation from traditional on-premises packaged software to Office 365. He became Corporate Vice President of Cloud Marketing in 2012 and Executive Vice President and Commercial Chief Marketing Officer in March 2020.

In October 2023 he became Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the whole company.

Education

University of Tokyo

Bachelor’s degree, Law

Stanford University

MBA