Satya Nadella Biography 2023: From Microsoft Engineer to CEO

Satya was born in Hyderabad on 19 August 1967. He attended the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet. Satya Nadella has a degree in electric engineering from theManipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka. He then went to US for an M.S. in computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He has also done an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Career and Achievements

• Prior to joining Microsoft in 1992, he worked as a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems.
• He led cloud computing projects at Microsoft.
• He was the Vice President of Microsoft Business Division.
• Satya Nadella was the President of Microsoft Server and Tools Business which led to the company transformation from client services to cloud infrastructure and services.
• He played a major role in bringing Microsoft database, Windows server, and developer tools to its Azure cloud.
• It is under his tenure that Microsoft has more cloud computing revenue than Google and has a market value of over $ 1 Trillion.

While working at Microsoft, Nadella has held the following positions:

• Executive Vice President andndash; Cloud and Enterprise Group.
• Corporate Vice President andndash; Business Solutions and Search and Advertising Platform Group.
• Vice President andndash; Business Division.
• Senior Vice President andndash; Research and Development for Online Services Division.
• President of Server and Tools Division.

Some Interesting Facts About Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella married his high school sweetheart Anupama in 1992, the same year in which he had joined Microsoft. The two have three children andndash; a son and two daughters andndash; and live in Bellevue, Washington.

• Satya is a big fan of cricket.
• On his profile in the Microsoft website, he has written poetry as one of his hobbies.
• According to Equilar ‘200 highest-paid CEO rankings,’ Satya Nadella is the highest-paid tech CEO in the US.
• The Microsoft CEO ranks at No. 4 on the overall list with a yearly compensation of $84,308,755. This includes a base salary of $918,917, along with $3,600,000 in cash bonus and $12,729 in perquisites.
• The coandndash;founder of Microsoft andndash; Mr. Bill Gates was the mentor of Satya Nadella.
• Satya is writing his own book andndash; Hit Refresh.
• As we can all see, Satya is a very talented person who has reached the stars. We hope he continues his journey at the same pace. We wish him all the best for all his future endeavors.

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