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Satya Nadella visits India: Things you need to know about the Microsoft CEO

This Hyderabad-born electronics engineer, who has served for a period of 22 years at the software giant.

Zee Media Bureau

Washington: Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella has arrived India on a one day visit. The  Microsoft CEO is here to speak on 'Microsoft's Future Unleashed' event in Mumbai.

Here are a few interesting things about this Indian-origin Microsoft CEO.

  1. This Hyderabad-born electronics engineer, who has served for a period of 22 years at the software giant.
  2. Nadella started his career as a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems.
  3. The 46-year-old has previously headed Microsoft`s Cloud and Enterprise group and is only the third chief executive to be appointed in the company`s nearly forty-decade-old history.
  4. Another aspect of Nadella`s personality as the CEO includes founder Bill Gates taking up the role of his mentor in helping him shape Microsoft`s technology and product direction.
  5. Unlike other potential competitors for the top job, including Stephen Elop, Alan Mulally, Tony Bates, etc., Nadella doesn`t have prior experience at a CEO, though the divisions he oversaw at Microsoft generated far more revenue than most companies could ever dream of.
  6. Nadella is a sports lover. He is a runner and is passionate for cricket. He loves watching test cricket.
  7. With a pay package of USD 84.3 million (Rs 525 crore) a year, technology giant Microsoft's Indian-origin chief Satya Nadella has emerged as the top-paid CEO in the US

 

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