Xbox’s First-Ever COO Is Already Leaving After A Few Months

Helen Chiang has left Xbox just over three months after becoming its first chief operating officer. Her swift departure adds to a year of major leadership and strategic changes as the company prepares for its next console generation.

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma announced Chiang’s departure in an internal memo, saying the company would share more about COO leadership once plans are finalised. Chiang, formerly head of Mojang, had responsibility for profits and losses across content, hardware, platform and services. Xbox has also laid off thousands of staff and changed its studio and console strategy; it has not yet said who will replace her.