An EVP at Microsoft gives his take on the technologies that will shape the world

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February 7, 2018 4:45 PM

Microsoft Executive VP, Jean Philipe Courtouis, on technologies changing humanity, blockchain, the ideal employee, and finding success by giving back to society

We recently caught up with Microsoft Executive VP, Jean Philipe Courtouis, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Courtois said the biggest challenge for Microsoft as a company beyond delivering shareholder return is inspiring entities like startups and schools to do great things and enable them to become digital organizations.
“You combine AI and cloud, you can do some amazing things not just for the business, for the economy, but for society as well,” Courtois said.

Business Insider's Sara Silverstein recently spoke with Jean Phillipe Courtois, Executive VP at Microsoft, at the Davos World Economic Forum. The following is a lightly edited transcript of the interview.

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