Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, and business administrator of Indian origin. He started working as an engineer at the computer company Sun Microsystems and has been with Microsoft since 1992, where he has held numerous positions.
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| CEO of Microsoft Corporation Currently in office | ||||
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| Since February 4, 2014 | ||||
| Predecessor | Steve Ballmer | |||
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| Birth | Died August 19, 1967 (age 54) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India | |||
| Home | Washington (state) | |||
| Nationality | Indo-American | |||
| Religion | Hinduism | |||
| Mother tongue | Telugu | |||
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| Spouse | Anupama Nadella (d. 1992) | |||
| Sons | Tara Nadella Zain Nadella Divya Nadella | |||
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| Education | University | |||
| educated in | University of Manipal University of Milwaukee University of Chicago | |||
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| Occupation | Engineer, computer scientist, and CEO | |||
| years active | since 1992 | |||
| Heritage | USD 387 million | |||
| Employer | Microsoft | |||
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On February 4, 2014, the Microsoft Board of Directors elected him as the new CEO of Microsoft, replacing Steve Ballmer, and Chairman of the company's board of directors starting in 2021.
Biography
Early years
Born in the Indian city of Hyderabad in the state of Andhra Pradesh in 1967, he attended primary and secondary school at the Hyderabad Public School in the Begumpet district. He then entered the University of Manipal, where he received a degree in Electrical Engineering. Later, he moved with his family to the United States, where he obtained a master's degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Microsoft
After finishing his university studies, he worked as a technical engineer at Sun Microsystems. In 1992, he joined Microsoft Corporation as Vice President of the Enterprise Division and Vice President of Research and Development ( R&D ) for the Online Services Division. Later, he held the position of President of the Servers and Tools Division. He led the integration of Microsoft SQL Server for Windows Server 2012, and Microsoft Visual Studio for Microsoft Azure cloud computing, which achieved 2013 revenue of more than $20 million.
Before being named CEO of the company, he was a vice president at Microsoft and executive vice president of the cloud computing group.
Following the resignation of Steve Ballmer, Nadella is the new CEO of Microsoft.
Alliances
Nadella's first days as CEO decided to change the direction of the company. He has also highlighted the openness to work with technology companies with which he competes, such as:
- Apple: Regarding the improvement of the performance of the Office applications for the macOS and iOS systems.
- Salesforce.com– Microsoft, and Salesforce have made a commitment to improving cloud services.
- IBM: to improve cloud services based on software developed by IBM and Microsoft's Azure.
- Dropbox to seamlessly enhance teams across desktop, web, and mobile.
- Linux: Microsoft joined Linux in pointing to the Open Source philosophy and in using the GNU/Linux system on Azure servers, which Nadella proclaimed "Microsoft ♥ Linux", which allowed Microsoft to join the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member in 2016.
With Nadella's remarks, Microsoft revised its mission statement to "empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more."
Compared to its founder, Bill Gates, of "a PC on every desk and in every home running Microsoft software," Nadella says it's a lasting mission rather than a temporary goal.
His primary goal has been to transform Microsoft's corporate culture into one that values continuous learning and growth. He has cited Carol Dweck's book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success as inspiration for this philosophy around a "growth mindset."
Acquisitions
Nadella's leadership at Microsoft included a series of high-profile acquisitions of other companies to redirect Microsoft's focus. His first major acquisition was of Mojang, a Swedish video game company known for the popular game Minecraft, an open-world building game, in addition to other underrated games like Cobalt and Caller's Bane. Mojang was acquired at the end of 2014 for $2.5 billion.
Later Microsoft would continue to acquire more companies such as Revolution Analytics, VoloMetrix, _Touchtype, Ltd. known for making SwiftKey products, Xamarin, LinkedIn Corporation, Maluuba, Simplygon Studios, International Software, ALTSpace VR, Playfab, GitHub Inc.
One of the company's largest source code and Forge companies, Citus Data, Expresslogic, and video game studios such as Ninja Theory, Playground Games, Compulsion Games, Undead Labs, Obsidian Entertainment, Inxile Entertainment, Double Fine Productions. On September 21, 2020, he purchased ZeniMax Media, Inc. parent company of Bethesda Softworks for $7.5 billion, three times what they paid to acquire Mojang for $2.5 billion on September 15, 2014.
In the years since he became the company's CEO, Nadella is considered to have been a strong performer, with Microsoft shares having tripled in September 2018, with an annual growth rate of 27%.
In 2021, Nadella has been named chairman of the Microsoft board.
Personal life
In 1992, Nadella married Anupama, the daughter of his father's Indian Administrative Service classmate, and was a schoolmate. She was his junior at Manipal pursuing a B. Arch in the Faculty of Architecture. The couple has three children, a son and two daughters, and lived in Clyde Hill and Bellevue, Washington.
Nadella is an avid reader of American and Indian poetry. He also has a passion for cricket, having played in a team at his school.
Author
Nadella is the author of a book called " Hit Refresh " that explores his life, his career at Microsoft, and how he believes technology will shape the future. He announced that proceeds from the book would go to Microsoft Philanthropies and through them to nonprofits.
Recognitions and Awards
In 2018, Comparably called him the best CEO of a large company in the United States, citing anonymous comments from Nadella employees.
In 2019, Nadella was named Financial Times Person of the Year and Fortune Magazine Entrepreneur of the Year.
In 2020, Nadella was awarded as Global Indian Business Icon at CNBC-TV18 's India Bussines Leader Awards in Mumbai.
Decorations
- Padma Bhushan Award, Collar, awarded by the Government of India in 2022, is the third-highest civilian award in the country.
