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On 4 February 2014, Nadella was announced as the new CEO of Microsoft,<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref name=autogenerated1 /> the third chief executive in the company's history.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57614575-75/microsoft-names-satya-nadella-new-ceo/|title=Microsoft names Satya Nadella new CEO|date=4 February 2014|publisher=CNET|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/10616998/Bill-Gates-quits-as-Microsoft-chairman-and-Satya-Nadella-is-named-chief-executive.html|title=Bill Gates quits as Microsoft chairman and Satya Nadella is named chief executive|date=4 February 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25973762|title=Microsoft names Satya Nadella to replace Steve Ballmer|date=4 February 2014|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-goes-internal-for-its-next-ceo-with-satya-nadella-7000025813/|title=Microsoft goes internal for its next CEO with Satya Nadella|date=4 February 2014|publisher=Znet.com|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref>
On 4 February 2014, Nadella was announced as the new CEO of Microsoft,<ref name=autogenerated2 /><ref name=autogenerated1 /> the third chief executive in the company's history.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57614575-75/microsoft-names-satya-nadella-new-ceo/|title=Microsoft names Satya Nadella new CEO|date=4 February 2014|publisher=CNET|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/10616998/Bill-Gates-quits-as-Microsoft-chairman-and-Satya-Nadella-is-named-chief-executive.html|title=Bill Gates quits as Microsoft chairman and Satya Nadella is named chief executive|date=4 February 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25973762|title=Microsoft names Satya Nadella to replace Steve Ballmer|date=4 February 2014|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-goes-internal-for-its-next-ceo-with-satya-nadella-7000025813/|title=Microsoft goes internal for its next CEO with Satya Nadella|date=4 February 2014|publisher=Znet.com|accessdate=4 February 2014}}</ref>

===Controversy===

On October 9, 2014, while speaking at the Grace Hopper Celebration, a women's technical conference, Nadella stated: "It's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along," Nadella said, according to a recording on the website of the event, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.

"Because that's good karma," Nadella continued. "It'll come back because somebody's going to know that's the kind of person that I want to trust."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-ceo-criticized-suggesting-women-011042160.html|title=Microsoft CEO criticized for suggesting women not ask for raises|date=9 October 2014|publisher=Reuters via Yahoo.com|accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref>

After the comments produced a strong backlash in the media and in social media, Nadella issued an apology, "Was inarticulate re how women should ask for raise," he tweeted several hours after his remarks. "Our industry must close gender pay gap so a raise is not needed because of a bias." <ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/satyanadella/status/520311425726566400|title=Microsoft CEO Tweets Apology|date=9 October 2014|publisher=twitter.com|accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref>

Microsoft also issued a memo on its website in which Nadella wrote: "I answered that question completely wrong," said the memo. "I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work. And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise when you think it’s deserved, Maria’s advice was the right advice. If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask." <ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/microsoft-ceo-women-raise-26087689/|title=Microsoft CEO Apologizes for Comments on Women|publisher=abcnews.go.com|date=9 October 2014|accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref>

The controversy led the media to report on Microsoft's hiring and support of women where: "According to recent research by the American Association of University Women, last year (2013} women were paid 78 percent of what equally qualified men received, although there is some data to suggest the pay gap is less in the tech sector. Only 29 percent of Microsoft's more than 100,000 employees are female, according to data recently released by the company."<ref>{{cite web|url = https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-ceo-criticized-suggesting-women-011042160.html|title=Microsoft CEO criticized for suggesting women not ask for raises|date=9 October 2014|publisher=Reuters via Yahoo.com|accessdate=10 October 2014}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 18:18, 10 October 2014

Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella at LeWeb 2013.
Born
Nadella Satyanarayana

1967 (age 57–58)[1]
Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India[2][3][4]
CitizenshipUnited States[5]
EducationB.Tech, M.S., M.B.A.
Alma materHyderabad Public School
Manipal Institute of Technology, Mangalore University (B.Tech)
University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (M.S.)
University of Chicago Booth School of Business (M.B.A.)
OccupationCEO of Microsoft
EmployerMicrosoft
PredecessorSteve Ballmer
SpouseAnupama Nadella
WebsiteSatya Nadella - Microsoft.com

Satya Nadella (Telugu  : నాదెళ్ళ సత్యనారాయణ ) is an Indian-American business executive. He is the current Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft.[7][8] He was appointed as CEO on 4 February 2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer. Before becoming CEO of Microsoft, 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 Computing Services.

Early life

Satya Nadella[9][10][11] was born in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. His father was a civil servant of the Indian Administrative Service.[12][13] Nadella attended the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet[14] before attaining a bachelor of engineering in Electronics and Telecommunications from the Manipal Institute of Technology in 1987 (then affiliated with Mangalore University), Manipal, Karnataka.[15][16][17][18][19]

Nadella subsequently traveled to the U.S. to study for an MS degree in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee,[20] receiving his degree in 1990.[21] Later he received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.[22][23]

Nadella said he "always wanted to build things".[24] He knew that computer science was what he wanted to pursue, [25] 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.[26]

Career Summary

Nadella worked with Sun Microsystems as a member of its technology staff prior to joining Microsoft in 1992.[2][3]

Microsoft

At Microsoft Nadella has led major projects including the company's move to cloud computing and the development of one of the largest cloud infrastructures in the world.[27]

Nadella worked as the senior vice-president of Research and Development (R&D) for the Online Services Division and vice-president of the Microsoft Business Division. Later, he was made the president of Microsoft's $19 billion Server and Tools Business and led a transformation of the company's business and technology culture from client services to cloud infrastructure and services. He has been credited for helping bring Microsoft's database, Windows Server and developer tools to its Azure cloud.[28] The revenue from Cloud Services grew to $20.3 billion in June 2013 from $16.6 billion when he took over in 2011.[29]

Nadella's 2013 base salary was nearly $700,000, for a total compensation, with stock bonuses, of $7.6 million.[30]

Previous positions held by Nadella include:[31]

  • President of the Server & Tools Division (9 February 2011 – February 2014)
  • Senior Vice-President of Research and Development for the Online Services Division (March 2007 – February 2011)[32]
  • Vice-President of the Business Division
  • Corporate Vice-President of Business Solutions and Search & Advertising Platform Group
  • Executive Vice-President of Cloud and Enterprise group[15]

On 4 February 2014, Nadella was announced as the new CEO of Microsoft,[7][8] the third chief executive in the company's history.[33][34][35][36]

Controversy

On October 9, 2014, while speaking at the Grace Hopper Celebration, a women's technical conference, Nadella stated: "It's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along," Nadella said, according to a recording on the website of the event, the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing.

"Because that's good karma," Nadella continued. "It'll come back because somebody's going to know that's the kind of person that I want to trust."[37]

After the comments produced a strong backlash in the media and in social media, Nadella issued an apology, "Was inarticulate re how women should ask for raise," he tweeted several hours after his remarks. "Our industry must close gender pay gap so a raise is not needed because of a bias." [38]

Microsoft also issued a memo on its website in which Nadella wrote: "I answered that question completely wrong," said the memo. "I believe men and women should get equal pay for equal work. And when it comes to career advice on getting a raise when you think it’s deserved, Maria’s advice was the right advice. If you think you deserve a raise, you should just ask." [39]

The controversy led the media to report on Microsoft's hiring and support of women where: "According to recent research by the American Association of University Women, last year (2013} women were paid 78 percent of what equally qualified men received, although there is some data to suggest the pay gap is less in the tech sector. Only 29 percent of Microsoft's more than 100,000 employees are female, according to data recently released by the company."[40]

Personal life

In 1992 Nadella married Anupama, daughter of his father's IAS batchmate, K.R. Venugopal.[41] They have three children, a son and two daughters, and live in Bellevue, Washington.[4][42]

Nadella is an avid reader of American and Indian poetry,[26] and is fond of the game of cricket, his passion growing up, having played on his school team. He mentioned learning leadership and teamwork from cricket.[4]

References

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  4. ^ a b c Drusch, Andrea (2 April 2014). "10 things to know: Satya Nadella". Politico.com.
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  7. ^ a b Ovide, Shira (5 February 2014). "Microsoft Board Names Satya Nadella as CEO". The Wall Street Journal.
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  10. ^ "Satya Manode". Sakshi. 5 February 2014.
  11. ^ "Nadella is still rooted to his village in AP". Sunday Guardian. 8 February 2014.
  12. ^ ‘Studious, hardworking boy has achieved his goal,’ says Satya Nadella's dad. Dnaindia.com (5 February 2014). Retrieved on 16 February 2014.
  13. ^ Satya, Nadella (5 February 2014). "Well done Satya". Eenadu. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  14. ^ Anisha Dhiman (29 July 2013). "'Never, ever stop learning': Satya Nadella". Decan Chronicle.
  15. ^ a b "Satya Nadella, President, Server & Tools Business". Microsoft. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  16. ^ "MIT thrilled over Nadella being in race to head Microsoft". DNA India.
  17. ^ "Manipal Institute of Technology hails Sathya Nadella's success". The Times of India. 28 August 2013.
  18. ^ "Satya Nadella: Hyderabad to Seattle via Manipal". The Times of India. 1 February 2014.
  19. ^ DelhiPlanet (7 February 2014). "Challenges Facing Manipal Alumnus And Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella". DelhiPlanet Media.
  20. ^ "UW-Milwaukee alum named Microsoft CEO | UWM News". uwm.edu. 4 February 2014.
  21. ^ "Satya Nadella education".
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  24. ^ "Meet Satya Nadella, the new Microsoft CEO | NDTV Gadgets". Gadgets.ndtv.com.
  25. ^ 5 February – 5am James Henderson. "Techday – Nadella loves cricket, despite Black Caps hammering India…". Techday.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  27. ^ Satya, Nadella (4 February 2014). "Satya Nadella CEO". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
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  29. ^ "Indo-American Satya Nadella in race to be Microsoft's new CEO". Biharprabha News. Indo-Asian News Service. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  30. ^ Kyle Nazario (27 January 2014). "Satya Nadella biography: Everything you need to know about Microsoft's new CEO". IT PRO.
  31. ^ "Satya Nadella: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg BusinessWeek.
  32. ^ "Equilar Atlas". Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  33. ^ "Microsoft names Satya Nadella new CEO". CNET. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  34. ^ "Bill Gates quits as Microsoft chairman and Satya Nadella is named chief executive". The Daily Telegraph. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  35. ^ "Microsoft names Satya Nadella to replace Steve Ballmer". BBC News. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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  39. ^ "Microsoft CEO Apologizes for Comments on Women". abcnews.go.com. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  40. ^ "Microsoft CEO criticized for suggesting women not ask for raises". Reuters via Yahoo.com. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  41. ^ Nikhila Henry & Rohit P S, TNN. "Nadella's other passions: Cricket, running and pastries – Times Of India". The Times of India.
  42. ^ "Satya Nadella's First Email To Employees As New Microsoft CEO: 'Who Am I?'". Business Insider. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
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