Microsoft Executive in HR and Accounting Slightly Reduces Stake Including Tax Withholding

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) disclosed that on May 14, Chief Human Resources Officer Amy Coleman sold approximately 1,262 shares of common stock in the open market, realizing about $519,000 (₩700 million). On May 15, she sold additional shares to cover tax-withholding obligations, and on June 1, Chief Accounting Officer Alice L. Jolla returned roughly 412 shares to the company for the same purpose, reducing her stake by about $185,000 (₩250 million). Even after these transactions, both executives retain tens of thousands of shares, indicating only minimal changes to their overall holdings.

Recently, Microsoft secured a major five-year, $9.69 billion (₩13 trillion) consolidated software-licensing agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense, standardizing the use of Microsoft and other enterprise software across the military and intelligence agencies. Earlier, in its third-quarter results for March, the company reported revenues of $82.9 billion (₩112 trillion) and double-digit growth, reaffirming strong performance in its cloud and artificial-intelligence businesses.

Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a global technology leader in enterprise and consumer software, cloud services such as Azure, and generative AI offerings like Copilot. As of late May 2026, its share price stood at about $420, giving it a market capitalization of over $3 trillion and ranking it among the largest Big Tech firms on U.S. exchanges.