Satya Nadella is Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft.
Satya Narayana Nadella is an engineer and Indian American business executive. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014. Before becoming CEO, he was the executive vice president of Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms.
Microsoft
Sat, Aug 19th, 1967 12:00 AM
American
Bellevue, Washington, United States
Mangalore University, Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Master’s degree in computer science
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Master’s degree in business administration
Microsoft - CEO
Sun Microsystems - Member of technology staff
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