2. About Satya Nadella
NAME : Satya Narayana Nadella
BORN : 19 August 1967 (age 49)
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
OCCUPATION : CEO of Microsoft Corporation (4
February 2014-present)
SALARY: $67 million (2015)
SPOUSE : Anupama Priyadarshini
3. Early life
His father, Bukkapuram Nadella Yugandher, was a
civil servant of the Indian Administrative Service.
Nadella attended the Hyderabad Public School,
Begumpet, before attaining a bachelor's degree in
electrical engineering from the Manipal Institute of
Technology, Karnataka in 1988
From a young age, Nadella wanted to be a
professional cricket player, and he played in
school. But he realized that his athletic talent was
outmatched by his passion for science and
technology.
4. Manipal Institute of Technology didn't have a real
computer-science program, so he traveled to the
US to attend the University of Wisconsin at
Milwaukee, from which he graduated in 1990.
Later he received an MBA from the University of
Chicago, Booth School of Business.
Nadella worked with Sun Microsystems as a
member of its technology staff prior to joining
Microsoft in 1992
5. 2014-CNN IBN Indian of the Year
2015-Champion of Change
One of Nadella’s greatest accomplishments was
pioneering the ‘Cloud computing’ division of
‘Microsoft’. The annual turnover contributed by this
division of the business was $16.6 Billion in 2011,
when he was just appointed its head. In a matter of
three years, the turnover saw a significant increase
to around $20.6 Billion
Achievements
Major work
6. Facts about Nadella
Satya Nadella is a huge cricket fan and derives
inspiration from the sport.
He calls himself a lifelong learner and takes online
classes in his spare time.
The Microsoft CEO loves reading poetry in his leisure
time and compares poetry with coding.
As the CEO of Microsoft, he is one of the most
powerful Indian-born tech executives in the world.
When Nadella took on the role of CEO of Microsoft, Bill
Gates re-joined the company to become his personal
mentor.
7. He announced that Microsoft would announce
cloud services from Indian data centre as an
integral part of both ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital
India’ projects of the PM.
He also went on to commit that Microsoft
would also help the country by taking
technology to 500,000 villages across India.
Contributions to Digital India!
8. Be passionate and bold, always keep learning.
You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn.
Our industry does not respect tradition - it only
respects innovation.
The way I measure my life is “Am I better than I
was last year?”
You renew yourself everyday, sometimes you’re
successful, sometimes you’re not, but it’s the
average that counts.
His Thoughts
