February 14, 2014

SATYA NADELLA - CEO OF MICROSOFT

Nadella attended the Hyderabad Public School in Begumpet. Before attaining a bachelor of engineering in Electrical and Electronics degree from Manipal Institute of Technology (then affiliated to Mangalore University), Manipal, Karnataka, INDIA
After moving to the US, Nadella earned an MS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Chief executive officer of Microsoft appointed as CEO on 4 February 2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer. Previously, he was executive vice-president of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company's computing platforms, developer tools and cloud services.
Satya was born in Hyderabad, India, in a Telugu family from Anantpur to an IAS officer, B. N. Yugandhar, who was a member of the Planning Commission during 2004–2009 under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Nadella said he "always wanted to build things." He knew that computer science was what he wanted to pursue. But that emphasis was not available at Manipal University. "And so it [electronic engineering was a great way for me to go discover what turned out to become a passion," he says..


 ##NADELLA FACTS

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UNITED STATES's most powerful INDIAN executives.
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Nadella earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and communications from Manipal University in his native INDIA.
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Microsoft search engine BING was Nadella's idea.
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Nadella will continue taking Microsoft into the cloud.
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OFFICE365 proven cloud service by Nadella
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Wall Street isn't head over heels for Nadella.
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Third CEO of Microsoft after BILL GATES & STEVE BALMER

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