Phil Spencer

Phil Spencer is born.

Jan 12, 1968

Born in Ridgefield, Washington.

Spencer stated going to high school.

1982

Started going there in 1982.

Attended College.

1986

Phil attended the University of Washington out of high school.

Joined Microsoft.

1988

He joined the team as an intern.

Xbox Launches.

Nov 15, 2001

The first Xbox was launched and Phil is still not a part of the gaming industry just yet.

Xbox 360 was released.

Nov 22, 2005

Phil still wasn't a part of Microsoft Gaming.

Became one of Microsoft's general managers.

2008

He had been working for Microsoft's European developers.

Phil Started going to and speaking at E3.

2010

He has been speaking at them ever since 2010 and still speaks at them today.

Xbox One was released.

Nov 22, 2013

Phil had some say in this but was not a big part of the introduction or production.

Spencer started leading Xbox and all relating items.

2014

He started leading Xbox, Xbox Live, Groove Music, Movies and TV's team, and Microsoft Studios.

Spencer was promoted to Senior Leadership Team.

2017

He was vice president and reported right to the CEO.

Spoke at 2 major events.

2018

Spoke at the DICE summit and also at the 2018 game awards.

The Xbox Series x|s was released.

Nov 10, 2020

Spencer has since worked on the improvement of the consoles.

Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard.

2022

They did this but allowed Call of Duty games to stay on PlayStation.

Spencer was promoted to CEO of Microsoft Gaming.

2022

This happened the same time as the acquisition of Activision Blizzard.