Minecraft has a new boss: Maria Angelidou-Smith, who is joining Microsoft from Reddit, where she spent not quite a year as the platform's chief product officer.
"We wanted someone who has built products for communities at enormous scale, who is deeply technical, and who understands how creators, product, technology, and monetization come together," Xbox CEO Asha Sharma said. "Maria brings a rare combination of those experiences. She spent nearly a decade at Meta, where she led Facebook Groups used by more than 1.8 billion people each month, as well as Events, Creators, Search, Profile, and Monetization.
"She later led product and technology at Personio and served as Chief Product Officer at Reddit, another of the world’s largest community platforms. She has built products used by billions of people and led product and engineering organizations through significant growth and change."
Angelidou-Smith also has "a respect for what makes Minecraft special," Sharma said. "Her first priority will be learning from the teams and communities who know Minecraft best."
