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The five-month long search for Steve Ballmer's successor and the new CEO for one of world's leading multinational software corporation Microsoft ends with Satya Nadella, a Hyderabad born tech-whiz and the executive vice-president of Microsoft's Cloud and Enterprise Group.
The 47-year-old charismatic Nadella, who joined Microsoft in 1992, has been responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms, developer tools and cloud services.
Nadella trumped out a field of talented external candidates that included Ford Motor’s CEO Alan Mulally, Qualcomm Inc CEO-elect Steve Mollenkopf and Ericsson AB CEO Hans Vestberg to win the most coveted post in the tech world.
Here are a few things you should know about Microsoft's new CEO:
1. Hyderabad-born Satya Nadella studied in Hyderabad Public School in Begumpet. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication from the Manipal University.
2. After relocating to the US, Nadella got his Master of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He also earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
3. Nadella, who has been with Microsoft since 1992, is one of the guys responsible for developing Bing, Microsoft's own search engine.
4. Nadella also masterminded some of Microsoft's most popular technologies, like its database, Windows server and developer tools, to the cloud, called Azure.
5. Nadella was the main brain behind developing Microsoft's cloud version of Microsoft Office to the cloud, Office 365. Microsoft says Office 365 one of its fastest growing products ever.
6. Prior to Microsoft, Nadella worked at Sun Microsystems, now owned by Oracle.
7. Nadella is the third CEO in Microsoft's 38-year history after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.
8. The appointment is a significant achievement for Nadella, who would join a proud circle of India-origin executives at the helm of top tech global companies.
AW: Suchorita Choudhury
