About Robbie Bach
Robbie Bach, author of Xbox Revisited: A Game Plan for
Corporate and Civil Renewal, joined Microsoft in 1988 and
over the next twenty-two years worked in various marketing,
general management, and business leadership roles, including
working on the successful launch and expansion of Microsoft
Office. As Chief Xbox Officer, he led the creation and development
of the Xbox business, including the launch of the Xbox and the
highly popular successor product, Xbox 360. He retired from
Microsoft in 2010 as the President of the Entertainment and
Devices Division. In his new role as civic engineer, Robbie currently serves on the
national board of governors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of
America and was the chairman of the board from 2009-10. He is also
a board member of the United States Olympic Committee, Sonos Inc,
Brooks Running Clubs, the Space Needle Inc., and local chapters of
Boys and Girls Clubs and Year Up. Robbie is a regular guest
lecturer at universities across the country and frequently writes
on business and civic issues. All profits from his writing and
speaking activities are donated to charity. (See www.RobbieBach.com for more
information.) Robbie received an MBA from Stanford University and his
bachelor's degree in economics from the University of North
Carolina where he was a Morehead Scholar and named a first team
Academic All-American on Tar Heel's tennis team. He currently resides in Medina, Washington with his wife,
Pauline, and their three children.
For more information, view Robbie Bach's Web site.