# Marc Whitten

> Marc Whitten is president, chief executive officer and a director of Dolby Laboratories, appointed in August 2026. A University of North Texas computer science graduate, he previously held leadership roles at Microsoft, Sonos, Amazon, Unity, Cruise and Meta. His work has included Xbox and Xbox Live, connected audio, entertainment devices, game creation tools and robotics.

- **Role:** President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Dolby Laboratories
- **Organizations:** Dolby Laboratories, Meta, Cruise, Unity, Amazon, Sonos, Microsoft
- **Education:** B.A. in Computer Science, University of North Texas
- **Known for:** Worked on Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One and helped build Xbox Live., At his Xbox departure in March 2014, Microsoft reported Xbox Live had 48 million members in 41 countries., Led product work at Sonos during the introduction of Trueplay.

## Career timeline

- **1997** — Joined Microsoft; later became corporate vice president and chief product officer for Xbox.
- **2000** — Joined the Xbox team before the first console launched.
- **2014** — Left Xbox after working across three console generations and became chief product officer at Sonos.
- **2015** — As Sonos chief product officer, discussed the release of Trueplay, including support for the original Play:5.
- **2016** — Joined Amazon as vice president of Entertainment Devices and Services.
- **2020** — Helped introduce Amazon Luna; authored its October early-access announcement.
- **2021** — Joined Unity as senior vice president and general manager of Unity Create.
- **2023** — Became President, Create Solutions; published a September apology and revised Runtime Fee proposal.
- **2024** — Named CEO of Cruise in June. GM announced the end of robotaxi development funding in December.
- **2025** — Confirmed joining Meta to lead a humanoid robotics team in February.
- **2026** — Appointed president, CEO and director of Dolby Laboratories on August 27, succeeding Kevin Yeaman.

## Achievements

- Worked on Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One and helped build Xbox Live.
- At his Xbox departure in March 2014, Microsoft reported Xbox Live had 48 million members in 41 countries.
- Led product work at Sonos during the introduction of Trueplay.
- Led Amazon entertainment devices and services, including Fire TV and the introduction of Luna.
- Led Unity Create and discussed its Azure collaboration for real-time 3D development.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Dolby appointed Whitten president, CEO and a board member on August 27; outgoing CEO Kevin Yeaman would remain an advisor during the transition.
- **2025-02** — Whitten confirmed joining Meta to lead a new AI-powered humanoid robotics team.

## Links

- Website: https://www.dolby.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcwhitten
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/notwen

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Last updated: 2026-10-24