What’s Your Story: Jacki O’Neill
GEHRKE: We just had a discussion maybe a couple of years ago, right, when you were just in transition to Africa. So it’s really great to have you here and both learn a little bit what’s happening there, but also to learn a bit more about your story. Where did you grow up, and how did you end up here at Microsoft?
O’NEILL: Yeah, thanks for asking that. I’ve had a very, well, it’s definitely not been a straight road to get here, but the windy roads are the most interesting ones. I grew up in Plymouth, which is a dockyard and naval town in the southwest of England, so a socially deprived working-class town. So when I was growing up, it was a thriving working-class town, but of