Peggy Johnson Took Humanoid Robots to Wall Street. Now She Has to Make Them Profitable

Peggy Johnson took humanoid robots to Wall Street. Now she has to make them profitable.

Peggy Johnson rose through Qualcomm, became Microsoft's chief dealmaker, and led Magic Leap. Now she's trying to turn humanoid robots into a business.

Peggy Johnson took humanoid robots to Wall Street. Now she has to make them profitable

Agility Robotics CEO Peggy Johnson David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images When Peggy Johnson began her career as an engineer in 1985, personal computers were only beginning to make their way into homes, the World Wide Web had yet to be invented, and humanoid robots were largely the stuff of…