# Song Zou

> Song Zou is Vice President of the Edge Growth Team at Microsoft, where he leads the growth strategy for one of the world's most widely-used browsers. A 25-year Microsoft veteran, he has shaped the user experience of nearly every major Windows release - from MSN Money to Vista's desktop to Windows 7's taskbar and Start menu - before steering the pivotal migration of Microsoft Edge to the Chromium engine and building the microservices infrastructure behind it. Trained as an electrical engineer at Georgia Tech and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he is a rare operator who bridges deep systems-level engineering with executive-scale product growth.

- **Role:** VP, Edge Growth Team at Microsoft
- **Organizations:** Microsoft
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- **Known for:** Led Microsoft Edge's architectural migration from EdgeHTML to the Chromium engine, a decision that revived the browser and enabled it to reach hundreds of millions of users, Built and operated new microservices infrastructure for the Microsoft Edge browser, Contributed to the Windows 7 user experience (taskbar, Start menu, Aero features) - an OS used by over 1 billion people

## Career timeline

- **~1997** — Joined Microsoft as Software Engineer, working on MSN Money website and personal financial software
- **~early 2000s** — Promoted to MSN Money Software Engineer Lead, overseeing development of Microsoft's personal finance platform
- **~2005-2007** — Senior Development Lead, Windows Vista desktop experience - led development of the Start menu and File Explorer
- **~2008-2012** — Lead Principal Software Engineer, Windows 7 core user experience - contributed to taskbar, Start menu, and Aero features
- **~2013-2016** — Partner Software Engineering Lead, Windows Core Experience
- **~2017-2020** — Partner Software Engineering Manager, Microsoft Edge Services Team and Windows Interact Team - led Edge's adoption of the Chromium engine and built new microservices infrastructure
- **~2021-present** — Vice President, Edge Growth Team at Microsoft - leads growth strategy for Microsoft Edge browser

## Achievements

- Led Microsoft Edge's architectural migration from EdgeHTML to the Chromium engine, a decision that revived the browser and enabled it to reach hundreds of millions of users
- Built and operated new microservices infrastructure for the Microsoft Edge browser
- Contributed to the Windows 7 user experience (taskbar, Start menu, Aero features) - an OS used by over 1 billion people
- Led development of Windows Vista desktop experience including Start menu and File Explorer
- Incubated and shipped cloud-driven Windows tips engines, introducing data-informed UX to Windows
- 25+ year career at Microsoft spanning five major product generations
- Grew Microsoft Edge ad revenue by 21% between Q2 2024 and Q2 2025 as VP of Edge Growth

## Latest updates

- **2024-12** — Microsoft Edge reported 21% ad revenue growth under Edge Growth Team leadership, with Edge usage share rising to over 5% globally.
- **2025-05** — Microsoft announced new Edge developer and enterprise features at Build 2025, with Edge Growth Team continuing to expand AI-powered browser capabilities.

## Links

- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/song-zou-27b1813

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