Microsoft executive Antoine Leblond has decided to leave the company after working for 25 years, latest reports have claimed. A Microsoft spokesperson has also confirmed that Leblond is leaving.
Leblond was Microsoft’s Vice President for Windows Web Services, who worked at Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft.
Leblond played major role in the design and development division at Microsoft Office suite for more than 20 years. With Steven Sinofsky moving from the Office team, Leblong led the development of Office 2010. He later followed Sinofsky to the Windows Group.
According to Re/Code, Leblond sent an email to his colleagues, stating “After almost 25 years, I’ve decided it’s time for me to go out and see what the non-Microsoft world has to offer.”
“Every single day I have had here has been amazing in its own way, and I will never look back on all of these years with anything but fondness, pride in what we’ve accomplished together, and a real appreciation for having been lucky enough to be part of so many awesome things,” Leblond wrote. “I am sad to leave all of you, but also incredibly excited for what comes next.”
Leblond was one of the executives sidelined in the last year’s “One Microsoft” reorganization, when the company had undergone major reshuffle at the higher executive level and he was not featured in the top leadership.
Leblond is the latest executive in the line of quitting Microsoft, following the departure of former Windows chief Steven Sinofsky.
Some big changes came around at Microsoft in the last six months as Jon DeVaan and Grant George left in September last year. DeVaan, George and Leblond worked very closely with Sinofsky.
Former Skype CEO Tony Bates has also quit, while marketing chief Tami Reller is to leave shortly. Reller also worked closely with Sinofsky, and took over the business side of Windows temporarily after his departure.
