Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO of Microsoft.
At a glance
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- Satya Nadella has been CEO of Microsoft since February 2014 and its chairman since 2021.
- He joined Microsoft in 1992 from Sun Microsystems.
- Before becoming CEO he ran Microsoft's server and cloud business.
- He wrote the 2017 book Hit Refresh.
Why it matters
- For anyone tracking cloud computing and AI: he runs Microsoft, whose Azure cloud and OpenAI stake put it at the centre of the AI buildout.
Key facts
- Current role
- Chairman and CEO, Microsoft2
- Born
- 19 August 1967, Hyderabad, India1
- Education
- Bachelor's in electrical engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology (1988); MS in computer science, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (1990); MBA, University of Chicago Booth (1997)1
- Before Microsoft
- Member of the technology staff, Sun Microsystems2
- Joined Microsoft
- 19922
- Online Services
- Senior vice president of R&D, Online Services Division, from March 2007 to February 20111
- Server & Tools
- President, Server & Tools Division, from February 2011 to February 20141
- Cloud and Enterprise
- Executive vice president of the Cloud and Enterprise group before becoming CEO2
- Book
- Hit Refresh (2017)1
- Honours
- Padma Bhushan (2022)1
Roles
Leads
- MicrosoftOrganization
CEO, succeeding Steve Ballmer · since 2014 source on Microsoft
Links
Sources
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