Amy Hood

As Microsoft’s first female finance chief, Amy Hood is tasked with ensuring a historic AI investment spree keeps the world’s most valuable company a step ahead. Microsoft is set to shell out $80 billion during its current fiscal year. On Microsoft’s latest earnings call, Hood reported operating income had jumped 16% for the quarter to $32 billion, largely driven by the company’s cloud revenues soaring 20% to $42.4 billion. Hood joined Microsoft in 2002. During her 12 years as EVP and CFO, revenue has more than tripled and is expected to hit $275 billion this year, per Visible Alpha.