Panos Panay

Panos Costa Panay is the chief product officer of Windows and devices at Microsoft.

Education and family
Panay received a B.S. from and a M.B.A. from. His family is from and his first cousin is, a music entrepreneur.

Career
In 2000, Panay joined NMB Technologies, where he became the group program manager of electromechanical devices.

Microsoft
Panay joined Microsoft in April 2004 and became the group program manager of PC hardware. He rose to become the general manager and then corporate vice president of Surface and PC hardware. Panay became chief product officer in April 2018 and gained recognition for participating in the introduction of Windows 11 on June 24, 2021.