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Who is Satya Nadella

Satya Narayana Nadella is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft. Under him, Microsoft has more cloud computing revenue than Google, more subscribers than Netflix, and a near-trillion-dollar market capital.
 
Nadella's journey at Microsoft
 
Before joining Microsoft, Nadella worked at Sun Microsystems, a company that sold computers, software, and information technology services. After quitting Sun Microsystems, Nadella joined Microsoft as a young engineer in 1992. In 2000, he secured his first executive role as vice president of Microsoft Central. Since then, there was no looking back for the Indian engineer. The following year, he got promoted as the corporate Vice President of Microsoft Business Solutions. By 2007 Nadella was the senior Vice President of Microsoft Online Services, which not only put him in charge of Bing but the early versions of Microsoft Office and Xbox Live as well. In 2011 he was made president of the Server and Tools Division, which oversaw the Azure cloud platform and products for companies’ data centers like Windows Server and the SQL Server database. Back then, Server and Tools Division was earning about $16.6 billion in revenue. But under Nadella's leadership, within two years, the revenue multiplied to $20.3 billion.
 
Satya Nadella took over the reins of Microsoft on February 4, 2014, as CEO after Steve Ballmer decided to step down. The decision to appoint Nadella was taken by Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and Ballmer. Nadella was successful in leading the firm out of its difficult times.
 
Under Nadella, Microsoft has held its spot as major tech competitor.
 
Major changes enacted by Satya Nadella as CEO
  • Releasing Microsoft Office for Apple’s iPad
  • Releasing iPhone and Android apps like Microsoft Outlook
  • Skipping Windows 9 and releasing Windows 10
  • Using Linux operating system on the Azure cloud
  • Buying Mojang (the company that created Minecraft)
  • Introducing Microsoft Surface Book, the company's first laptop
Nadella's personal life and education
 
Born on August 19, 1967 in Hyderabad, Nadella attended the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Nadella failed in his attempt to clear the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) exam. He did, however, get into the Birla Institute of Technology (BITS) in Mesra and Manipal Institute of Technology. He chose Manipal over BITS and received a bachelor's in electrical engineering in 1988. He later studied MS in computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Nadella has done MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
 
He is married to Anupama, the daughter of Nadella’s father’s Indian Administrative Service batchmate. They have three children. He lives in Bellevue, Washington. Nadella and his wife are part owners of Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer club. He is an avid reader of American and Indian poetry and is passionate for cricket.
 
What is Satya Nadella’s net worth?
 
Nadella’s net worth is around $320 million
 
Nadella: Awards and recognitions
 
In 2019, Nadella was named Financial Times (FT) Person of the Year, "Microsoft was at risk of technological irrelevance but the chief executive has presided over an era of stunning wealth creation". Year after year, Nadella finds his name in the Barron's World's 30 best CEO's list.
 
Nadella's autobiography 'Hit Refresh' explores his life and his career in Microsoft. It also elaborates on how technology will shape the future.
 
Satya Nadella's philanthropic initiatives
 
Nadella is a board member of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a member of the board of trustees at the University of Chicago. All the proceeds from his book 'Hit Refresh' were given to Microsoft Philanthropies.
 

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Updated On: 29 Oct 2024 | 10:08 AM IST

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Updated On: 20 Jul 2024 | 11:54 AM IST

The notion that Nadella is a steely-eyed risk taker with a grand vision for AI can be hard to square with his history as a low-key boss in an industry full of corner office peacocks

Updated On: 16 Jul 2024 | 11:19 PM IST

Microsoft chief executive officer (CEO) Satya Nadella said 'artificial intelligence' should rather be called 'different intelligence'

Updated On: 23 May 2024 | 4:45 PM IST

Company law experts have noted that the company has the option to appeal against the RoC order at the office of the regional director, MCA, or high court

Updated On: 22 May 2024 | 11:27 PM IST

Microsoft is leveraging its relationship with leading AI startup OpenAI to forge an early lead in the burgeoning field of generative AI services. But the partnership has come under regulatory scrutiny

Updated On: 21 May 2024 | 7:30 AM IST

The Spanish Startup Association, which represents more than 700 startups in Spain, cited a number of allegedly anti-competitive practices by Microsoft in recent years

Updated On: 07 May 2024 | 2:17 PM IST

It marks Microsoft's single largest investment in Malaysia, as the tech giant seeks to bolster support for AI development in the region and worldwide

Updated On: 02 May 2024 | 12:25 PM IST

Microsoft will train 2.5 million people in Southeast Asia in AI use by 2025, Nadella said

Updated On: 30 Apr 2024 | 11:31 AM IST

The people said the European Union antitrust regulator had decided not to investigate the partnership under EU merger rules, but that Microsoft could still face an antitrust investigation

Updated On: 18 Apr 2024 | 11:28 PM IST

Ali Bhatt, Ajay Banga, Sakshi Malik, Dev Patel, Priyamvada Natarajan, Ajay Banga, Satya Nadella, and Jigar Shah named in Time's 100 most influential list

Updated On: 18 Apr 2024 | 2:34 PM IST

Parakhin, who had been chief executive officer for advertising and web services, will report to Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott while searching for his next role

Updated On: 26 Mar 2024 | 7:13 AM IST

Suleyman, who co-founded Google's DeepMind, will report to Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella and oversee a range of projects, such as integrating an AI Copilot into Windows

Updated On: 20 Mar 2024 | 10:27 AM IST

Tech giant Microsoft has so far not been able to evict Russian government hackers who broke into the email accounts of senior company officials in November

Updated On: 09 Mar 2024 | 9:28 AM IST

Microsoft Chief Satya Nadella on Thursday announced the expansion of Microsoft's 'Code Without Barriers' programme to India, aiming to train 75,000 women developers by 2024

Updated On: 08 Feb 2024 | 3:00 PM IST

The FTC said the layoffs show that the merger created areas of overlap and the court should have paused Microsoft's integration of the two companies while the agency completes its in-house trial

Updated On: 07 Feb 2024 | 9:58 PM IST

Microsoft chairman says imperative for India, US to cooperate on AI norms

Updated On: 08 Feb 2024 | 12:03 AM IST

AI is a powerful new technology that needs to be "diffused" fast to every corner of the world, Nadella said at an event organised by the company here

Updated On: 07 Feb 2024 | 12:25 PM IST

Microsoft's stock has soared by more than 1,000% since Nadella took the helm in 2014, compared to the more gradual 185% growth of the broader S&P 500

Updated On: 03 Feb 2024 | 5:15 PM IST

There are now 53,000 Azure AI customers, a third of whom were new to the service in the past 12 months, Nadella told analysts on a conference call

Updated On: 31 Jan 2024 | 10:39 PM IST