Tuesday 4 February 2014

Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella born Nadella Satya Narayana is the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft. He was appointed CEO on February 4, 2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer. Previously, he was executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms, developer tools and cloud services.

Early life

Nadella was born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. to an IAS officer, B. N. Yugandhar, hailing from Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh, India. who was a member of the Planning Commission during 2004–2009 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Satya attended the Hyderabad Public School in Begumpet before attaining a bachelor of engineering in electronics and communication degree from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka. though on the Microsoft site, it has his institution listed as Mangalore University.

After moving to the US, Nadella earned an MS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Nadella played cricket competitively growing up, and cites it as one of his hobbies today. Nadella has said, "I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career."
Nadella said he "always wanted to build things." He knew that computer science was what he wanted to pursue. But that emphasis was not available when he attended Manipal University in Karnataka, where he got a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. “And so it was a great way for me to go discover what turned out to become a passion,” he says.

Career

Nadella worked with Sun Microsystems, as a member of its technology staff, prior to joining Microsoft in 1992

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