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Satya Nadella
Satya Narayana Nadella is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman. Before becoming CEO, he was the executive vice president of Microsoft's cloud and enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company's computing platforms.
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business · Indian-American business executive (born 1967) · chief executive officer · computer scientist · engineer · manager · electrotechnician · entrepreneur · also Satya Nadella, Bukkapuram Nadella Satyanarayana, Nadella
Born 19 August 1967 · Q7426870
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2026· 5 entries
Public attention spiked: 9,595 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6× the usual 1,597, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Satya Nadella says AI industry's job-loss messaging backfired: 'Why would anyone want you to succeed?'” (Moneycontrol).
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Moneycontrol: Satya Nadella says AI industry's job-loss messaging backfired: 'Why would anyone want you to succeed?'
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CNBCTV18: Satya Nadella warns of 'Reverse Information Paradox', says AI could expose company's valuable knowledge
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Yahoo: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Once Shared The 'Best Career Advice' He Ever Got: 'You Cannot Grow If You Don't…'
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2024· 3 entries
The Wall Street Journal: Satya Nadella
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Snopes rated the claim “Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in early 2024 that the company plans to disable the computers of users who share "non-mainstream content" online.” False.
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Nadella's compensation from Microsoft totaled $79
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2023· 1 entry
Awarded Axel Springer Award (2023).
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Padma Bhushan in trade and industry (2022).
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2020· 1 entry
Alt News rated the claim “Sundar Pichai or Satya Nadella visiting their math teacher after 26 years” False.
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2019· 2 entries
Awarded Financial Times Person of the Year (2019).
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Was named Financial Times Person of the Year and Fortune Magazine Businessperson of the Year
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2018· 2 entries
Awarded Time 100 (2018).
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And 2024, Nadella was a Time 100 honoree
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2017· 1 entry
Nadella published a book titled Hit Refresh, exploring his life and career at Microsoft
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (2015).
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The Government of India awarded Nadella the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (awarded to Overseas Indians) and in 2022 the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India
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2014· 6 entries
Awarded CNN-News18 Indian of the Year (2014).
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“s history, following Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. In October 2014, Nadella attended an event on Women in Computing and courted controversy after he made a statement that women should not ask for a raise and should trust the system. Nadella was criticised for the statement and he later apologized on Twitter. He then sent an email to Microsoft employees admitting he was”
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (2014).
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Nadella was awarded the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year and in 2020, was recognized as Global Indian Business Icon at CNBC-TV18's India Business Leader Awards
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Nadella's first acquisition with Microsoft was of Mojang, a Swedish game company best known for the computer game Minecraft, for $2
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With a 27% annual growth rate, ending a 14-year period of near zero growth
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2013· 1 entry
Nadella's base salary was reportedly $669,167
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1992· 1 entry
Nadella married Anupama Priyadarshini, the daughter of his father's Indian Administrative Service (IAS) batchmate
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1967· 2 entries
Born 1967-08-19.
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“, Techspot (4 November 2025) == Quotes about Nadella == He’s the recommendation I made. He”
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