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Panos Panay (technology executive)

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Panos Panay
MBA BSC
Born
EducationCalifornia State University, Northridge
EmployerMicrosoft

Panos Panay is an American business executive. Panay is the Chief Product Officer of Microsoft. [1][2]


Personal life

Panay received an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University and a B.Sc. from California State University, Northridge..

He is of Greek-Cypriot descent. His first cousin, also named Panos Panay, is a music entrepreneur.[3]

In 2004, Panay joined Microsoft. Panay is sometimes considered the "father" of the Surface brand.[4][5][6]

Notes

  1. ^ "Panos Panay (Bio)", Microsoft News Center
  2. ^ "Microsoft to combine Windows Client and Surface teams under product chief Panos Panay". TechSpot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  3. ^ Reddit, "Ask me anything" with Panos Panay
  4. ^ Lance Ulanoff, "With Surface, Microsoft is building a premium brand", Mashable June 15, 2017 [1]
  5. ^ Spence, Ewan. "Panos Panay, The Humble Heart Of Success Inside Microsoft's Surface Hardware". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  6. ^ "Microsoft reorg places Surface evangelist Panos Panay as boss of Windows too – report". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2020-08-10.