Satya Nadella

Satya Narayana Nadella also Known as Satya Nadella is  an Indian American business executive. He is the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman.Before becoming CEO, he was the executive vice president of Microsoft's cloud and enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company's computing platforms.

Early life and career
Nadella was born in Hyderabad of present-day Telangana, India into a Telugu-speaking Hindufamily. His mother Prabhavati was a Sanskrit lecturer and his father, Bukkapuram Nadella Yugandhar, was an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1962 batch.

Nadella attended the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet before receiving a bachelor's in electrical engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka in 1988.Nadella then traveled to the U.S. to study for an M.S. in computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, receiving his degree in 1990. Later, he received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1997. Nadella worked at Sun Microsystems as a member of its technology staff before joining Microsoft in c.1992.

As employee (1992-2014)
Nadella on his first day as CEO of Microsoft, with former CEOs Bill Gates and Steve  Ballmer

At Microsoft, Nadella has led major projects that included the company's move to cloud computing and the development of one of the largest cloud infrastructures in the world.

Nadella worked as the senior vice-president of research and development (R&D) for the Online Services Division and vice-president of the Microsoft Business Division. Later, he was made the president of Microsoft's $19 billion Server and Tools Business and led a transformation of the company's business and technology culture from client services to cloud infrastructure and services. He has been credited for helping bring Microsoft's database, Windows Server and developer tools to its Azure cloud. The revenue from Cloud Services grew to $20.3 billion in June of 2013 from $16.6 billion when he took over in c.2011. He received $84.5 million in c.2016 pay.

In c.2013, Nadella's base salary was reportedly $669,167. Including stock bonuses, the total compensation stood around $7.6 million.

As CEO (2014-)
In February of 2014 Nadella was announced as the new CEO of Microsoft, the third CEO in the company's history, following Bill Gatesand Steve Ballmer. In October of 2014, Nadella attended an event on Women in Computing and courted controversy after he made a statement that women should not ask for a raise and should trust the system. Nadella was criticised for the statement and he later apologized on Twitter. He then sent an email to Microsoft employees admitting he was "Completely wrong." Nadella's tenure at Microsoft has emphasized working with companies and technologies with which Microsoft also competes, including Apple Inc., Salesforce, IBM, and Dropbox. In contrast to previous Microsoft campaigns against the Linux operating system, Nadella proclaimed that "Microsoft ❤️ Linux", and Microsoft joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member in 2016.

Under Nadella, Microsoft revised its mission statement to "empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more". He orchestrated a cultural shift at Microsoft by emphasizing empathy, collaboration, and 'growth mindset'. He has transformed Microsoft's corporate culture into one that emphasizes continual learning and growth.

In 2014, Nadella's first acquisition with Microsoft's was of Mojang, a Swedish game company best known for the computer game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion. He followed that by purchasing Xamarin for an undisclosed amount. He oversaw the purchase of professional network LinkedIn in c.2016 for $26.2 billion. On October 26, 2018, Microsoft acquired GitHub for US$7.5 billion.

Since Nadella became CEO, Microsoft stock had tripled by September of 2018, with a 27% annual growth rate.

Death of Zain Nadella
On February 28,2022 Satya was announce that His Brother Zain Nadella Died from complications at the age of 25.