Satya Nadella : Next Microsoft CEO born from India ?

India-born senior Microsoft executive Satya Nadella is among the top two likely candidates whose name is being considered for becoming the next CEO of the world’s biggest software company, replacing longtime chief executive Steve Ballmer. 

Nadella is Executive Vice President for Cloud and Enterprise at Microsoft and was a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems before joining Microsoft. A native of Hyderabad, Nadella earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Mangalore University, a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Chicago. 

A report in Wall Street Journal’s ‘All Things D’ blog said that Ford CEO Alan Mulally and Nadella are in the lead positions to take over as CEO of Microsoft. Mulally remains in the “pole position for the job, with the idea that he will be more a ‘caretaker’ type CEO, whose deep experience and inspirational charisma will get the company on the right path, while also training up a number of internal candidates to eventually takeover from him.

“The top pick among the possible heirs inside for that princeling role: Enterprise chief Satya Nadella,” it reported.
Source : Firstpost