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Chris Capossela

Microsoft CMO Chris Capossela is leaving after 32 years, replaced by veteran exec Takeshi Numoto

One of Microsoft’s longest-running executive leaders is leaving after more than three decades with the company. Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s chief… Read More

Microsoft marketing chief to lead fundraising campaign for Seattle-area United Way branch

Microsoft Chief Marketing Officer Chris Capossela and his wife Leigh Toner will lead the United Way King County’s fundraising campaign… Read More

Do a majority of Google developers use Visual Studio Code? Microsoft declines to back up its top marketing exec’s claim

There’s little debate that Microsoft has become a company willing to work across competitive boundaries over the last few years,… Read More

Microsoft is No. 1: Tech giant overtakes Apple for title of most-valuable U.S. company

Microsoft ended the week with the title of the most-valuable company in the U.S., pulling ahead of Apple Friday afternoon… Read More

Most-valuable U.S. company? Who cares? Not Microsoft’s top execs, says tech giant’s marketing chief

Microsoft’s bid to unseat Apple as the most valuable U.S. company has been a huge story all week, but there’s one… Read More

Microsoft marketing chief on HoloLens: ‘We totally underestimated the commercial interest’

For many people, the first thought upon experiencing Microsoft’s HoloLens is how they might use it in their homes, for… Read More

Microsoft marketing chief: Windows Phone needs a ‘spiritual equivalent’ to the Surface tablet

Windows Weekly, with Microsoft watchers Paul Thurrott, Mary Jo Foley and TWiT founder Leo Laporte, features a wide-ranging interview this week with Chris Capossela, Microsoft’s chief marketing… Read More

Microsoft exec: Why Apple and Google have an advantage, and how Microsoft plans to compete

If you use an iPhone, you’re more likely to use Safari than someone who doesn’t use an iPhone. Google Chrome… Read More

Report: Microsoft may cut hundreds of jobs as Ballmer looks to restructure marketing

Bloomberg News reports today that Microsoft is considering a restructuring of the company’s marketing efforts, a move that could cost… Read More

Meet Microsoft’s new marketing boss: Chris Capossela

The guy who previously headed marketing for Microsoft’s Office products is now taking on that role for the entire company.… Read More

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