Who is Asha Sharma? Indian-origin Xbox CEO joins Federal Reserve jobs task force amid layoff scrutiny

US Federal Reserve taps Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to co-lead new jobs and AI task force

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma (3,200 job cuts Feb 2026) co-leads Fed's Productivity task force with Marc Andreessen and economist Charles Jones. Fed will assess AI's employment impact on rate policy; Andreessen's a16z crypto stake signals potential Fed oversight expansion to digital assets.