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Brad Smith

ブラッド・スミス　/　ぶらっど・すみす

American lawyer

January 17, 1959 (age 67)　・　Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Wisconsin
lawyer
businessperson
jurist

My Take

What fascinates me about Brad Smith is how far you can rise without ever chasing the spotlight. A Princeton-trained lawyer from Milwaukee who climbed the legal ranks to become president of one of the world's largest technology companies, he embodies the quiet operator I tend to admire most. While headlines chase founders and engineers, it is often the general counsel who navigates antitrust, privacy, and policy storms that decide a company's future. I find his trajectory a useful reminder that influence in the tech era is wielded as much in argument and regulation as in code, and that careful, reasoned voices still matter enormously.

Overview

Bradford Lee Smith (born January 17, 1959) is an American attorney and business executive who became vice chairman of Microsoft in 2021, and president in 2015. He previously was a senior vice president and general counsel from 2002 to 2015.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Brad Smith
Name (Japanese): ブラッド・スミス
Reading: ぶらっど・すみす
Born: January 17, 1959 (age 67)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Boar
Origin: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: lawyer / businessperson / jurist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Appleton West High School
University: Princeton University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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