# Wendy MacGregor

> Wendy MacGregor is Vice President of Global Media & AdTech Solutions at Microsoft Advertising, leading the company's audience and ad-technology strategy with a self-described abundance mindset borrowed from CEO Satya Nadella's 'learn-it-all' playbook. She arrived at Microsoft after a long climb through the upper ranks of digital advertising - Google, Turn, AOL - and now spends her days arguing that Copilot is an empowerment tool, not a replacement.

- **Role:** VP, Global Media & AdTech Solutions at Microsoft Advertising
- **Organizations:** Microsoft, Microsoft Advertising, Google, Turn (Amobee), AOL
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Study abroad program, Semester at Sea (University of Pittsburgh)
- **Known for:** Helped lead the structural rebuild of Microsoft Advertising's global media and adtech function in 2024, Held senior revenue and sales leadership roles across three of the largest names in digital advertising history: AOL, Turn, and Google, Featured speaker on audience scale and leadership at Beet.TV's industry coverage

## Career timeline

- **earlier** — Senior sales roles at AOL Advertising
- **mid-2010s** — Joined Turn (later Amobee) in senior revenue role
- **later** — Managing Director, Mid-Market Sales at Google
- **2024** — Joined Microsoft as VP, Global Media & AdTech Solutions, Microsoft Advertising

## Achievements

- Helped lead the structural rebuild of Microsoft Advertising's global media and adtech function in 2024
- Held senior revenue and sales leadership roles across three of the largest names in digital advertising history: AOL, Turn, and Google
- Featured speaker on audience scale and leadership at Beet.TV's industry coverage

## Latest updates

- **2024-09** — Appeared in Beet.TV interview discussing audience scale, abundance mindset, and Copilot as an empowerment tool.
- **2024-06** — Named part of Microsoft Advertising's restructured global leadership team alongside Amanda Richman and Kya Sainsbury-Carter.

## Links

- Website: https://about.ads.microsoft.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-macgregor-7044981a

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Last updated: 2026-05-29