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Peggy Johnson

For other people named Peggy Johnson, see Peggy Johnson (disambiguation).
Peggy Johnson
Johnson speaking toward audience during panel discussion
Johnson in 2023
Born1960 or 1961 (age 62–63)
EducationSan Diego State University (BSEE)
Children3

Peggy Johnson (born 1960 or 1961)[1] is an American businesswoman who is the chief executive officer of Agility Robotics appointed in March 2024. Previous to this role she was the CEO of Magic Leap, succeeding Rony Abovitz in Sept 2020. Before joining Magic Leap, she held the position of executive vice president of business development at Microsoft.

Early life and education

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Johnson was raised in Alhambra, California.[1] She has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University.[2]

Career

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After college, Johnson joined General Electric as Engineer in their Military Electronics division.[3]

Johnson later joined Qualcomm, starting out as Engineer who often traveled with business teams to translate technical details of a solution for customers. She eventually transitioned from her technical role to a business role within Qualcomm.[3]

At Qualcomm, she worked on cutting-edge technologies including mobile connectivity and app stores.[4]

After 24 years at Qualcomm, she joined Microsoft as executive vice-president of business development.[5] Microsoft paid Johnson a US$7.8 million signing bonus.[6] In this role, she drove business deals and partnerships for the company.[2]

In August 2020, Johnson joined Magic Leap as chief executive officer.[7] After completing Magic Leap's enterprise pivot, she left in October 2023 [8]

In March 2024, Johnson became the Chief Executive Officer of Agility Robotics.[9]

Awards and recognition

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In 2016, Business Insider recognized Johnson as #2 among the most powerful women engineers in the world[10] and Silicon Republic recognized her as #14 among the most powerful women leading tech around the world.[11]

In 2017, Business Insider recognized her as the most powerful female engineer in the United States.[12]

Johnson was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2013[13] and named one of the top 100 women leaders in STEM in 2012 by STEMconnector.[14]

Personal life

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Peggy Johnson is married and has three children.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Feldman, Amy (November 8, 2022). "After Overhype And Retrenchment, Magic Leap Finds A Niche In Less Cool But Useful Augmented Reality". Forbes.
  2. ^ a b c "Peggy Johnson in News Center". news.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  3. ^ a b "Peggy Johnson in Women Worth Watching". www.womenworthwatching.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  4. ^ "Women in Technology: Let's Close the Gap". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  5. ^ "Microsoft Poaches Qualcomm Exec Peggy Johnson". Re/code. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  6. ^ "Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's first big hire got a $7.8 million signing bonus". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  7. ^ "Magic Leap Appoints Peggy Johnson as New Chief Executive Officer". Magic Leap Inc. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Magic Leap Appoints New CEO".
  9. ^ Heater, Brian (2024-03-05). "Agility Robotics' new CEO is 'focused on the here and now'". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  10. ^ "26 of the most powerful female engineers in 2016". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  11. ^ "40 powerful women leading tech around the world". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  12. ^ "WITI - Women in Technology Hall of Fame - Peggy Johnson, President, Global Market Development and Executive Vice President, Microsoft". www.witi.com. Retrieved 2019-04-24.
  13. ^ "WITI - Hall of Fame - 21st Anniversary Celebration at the 2016 WITI Summit". www.witi.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  14. ^ "100 Women Leaders in STEM" (PDF). STEMconnector. STEMconnector. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
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