Satya Nadella: Journey from Engineer to Microsoft Chairman, know many interesting stories related to his life
Microsoft, one of the world’s largest software companies, has elected Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella as its chairman. Nadella, 53, will replace John W. Thomson, who will continue his career as Chief Independent Director.
Microsoft, one of the world’s largest software companies, has elected Indian-origin CEO Satya Nadella as its chairman. Nadella, 53, will replace John W. Thomson, who will continue his role as Chief Independent Director. Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the board of independent directors unanimously elected Nadella to the role of chairman of the board. In this role, Nadella will lead agenda-setting work for the board, the company said in a statement.
Microsoft’s third chairman
Nadella is the company’s third CEO and will be the third chairman in the company’s history. Earlier, Bill Gates and Thomson had been the chairman of the company. Nadella succeeded Steve Ballmer as the CEO of Microsoft in 2014. Satya was named the Financial Times Person of the Year in the year 2019. At the same time, in the year 2020, he has also been given the honor of Global Indian Business Icon. When Nadella was made CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates rejoined Microsoft to train him. Nadella focused on cloud computing, mobile applications and artificial intelligence. Also extended the office software franchise.
Nadella has been associated with Microsoft for a long time and he joined the company in 1992 as a young engineer. After that he made a lot of progress and today he has reached the post of chairman. Joining the company in 1992, he was made Vice President of Microsoft Central in 2000, then became Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Business Solutions, then was made Senior Vice President of Microsoft Online Services. His streak of success continued and Satya Nadella became the President of Server & Tools Division and he brought huge profits to the company.
