Peggy Johnson
Peggy Johnson currently serves as the chief executive officer (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. Education. Johnson has a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from San Diego State University. Career. After college, Johnson joined General Electric as Engineer in their Military Electronics division. 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. At Qualcomm, she worked on cutting-edge technologies including mobile connectivity and app stores. After 24 years at Qualcomm, she moved to work at Microsoft as Executive Vice-President (Business Development) In this role, she drove business deals and partnerships for the Company. In August of 2020, Johnson joined Magic Leap as Chief Executive Officer. Awards and recognition. In 2016, "Business Insider" recognized Johnson as #2 among the most powerful women engineers in the world and Silicon Republic recognized her as #14 among the most powerful women leading tech around the world. In 2017, Business Insider recognized her  as the most powerful female engineer in the United States. Johnson was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2013 and named one of the top 100 women leaders in STEM in 2012 by STEMconnector. Personal life. Peggy Johnson is married and has three children.