Biography
Robbie Bach was born in Peoria, Illinois and is the son of a former Schlitz executive. He graduated from RJ Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1980. He played competitive tennis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a recipient of the prestigious Morehead Scholarship, now known as the Morehead-Cain Scholarship. After graduating with a degree in economics, he worked at Morgan Stanley before going on to receive an MBA from Stanford University. He joined Microsoft in 1988 and was with the company until 2010. He is married with three children.
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