Chairman and CEO of Microsoft
Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is Microsoft's chairman and CEO. His leadership spans cloud computing, enterprise software, and the company's Copilot AI strategy.
About Satya Nadella
Satya Nadella is the chairman and CEO of Microsoft. He became CEO in February 2014 after leading the company's Cloud and Enterprise group. His responsibilities include Microsoft's business direction as it develops AI products such as Copilot.
Nadella joined Microsoft in 1992 after working at Sun Microsystems. He studied electrical engineering at Mangalore University, earned a master's degree in computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and completed an MBA at the University of Chicago.
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