Satya Narayan Nadella was born on 19 August 1967 in a Telugu family in Hyderabad. On 4 February 2014, he succeeded Steve Ballmer, the former CEO of Microsoft. Prior to becoming CEO, he was Executive Vice President of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise Group. Born and brought up in India, Satya Nadella is currently a US citizen.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Satya Nadella was working at Sun Microsystems. He joined Microsoft in 1992 and served in almost every important division and position of the company.
Early Life:
His father Bukkapuram Nadella Yugandhar was an officer in the Indian Administrative Service. Satya Nadella studied at Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet, Hyderabad. After completing school, he joined Manipal Institute of Technology (affiliated with Mangalore University) to study electrical engineering. He completed his engineering studies in the year 1988.
After this, Satya Nadella moved to America where he earned an MS in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee). enrolled to. He earned this degree in the year 1990 and after that MBA from the Booth School of Management, University of Chicago. studied.
Nadella was fond of making things since childhood and as he grew up, he came to know that his future was in computer science but that opportunity was not available at Manipal Institute of Technology, so he chose a similar subject. Helped to understand and know his favorite subject.
Career:
After completing his studies, Satya Nadella worked at Sun Microsystems on the company's technology team. After working for some time at Sun Microsystems, he joined Microsoft in 1992 and has been with it since then.
Career in Microsoft:
Satya Nadella joined Microsoft in 1992 and since then he has been associated with the company. During his long association with the company, he worked on many projects. He started with the Server Group at Microsoft. He then worked in the Software Division, Online Services, Research & Development, Advertising Platforms and then returned to the Server Division as the head.
He pioneered cloud computing at Microsoft and was instrumental in building the company into one of the world's largest cloud infrastructures.
He served as Senior Vice President in the Online Services Division and as Vice President in the Microsoft Business Division. He was later made the chairman of the company's US$19 billion 'Service and Tool' business. He changed the face of this division of the company.
He was instrumental in bringing Microsoft's database, Windows Server, and developer tools to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Under his leadership, the division's profits increased from US$16.6 billion in 2011 to approximately US$20.3 billion in 2013.
Personal Life:
Satya Nadella married Anupama in 1992. Anupama is the daughter of Satya's father's friend. The Nadella couple has three children – a beta and two daughters. Satya lives in Washington with his family.
Nadella has a great passion for poetry and is an avid reader of American and Indian poetry. He is also very fond of cricket. He was also a member of his school cricket team. He has also mentioned that he has learned leadership and the spirit of mutual cooperation from the game of cricket.
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