Satya Nadella 56th Birthday: A glimpse at Indian-origin Microsoft CEO's life journey

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earning a master's degree in business administration from the University of Chicago in 1997. Also read: Microsoft's AI bet pays off, CEO Satya Nadella's windfall surpasses $1 billion amid stock surge Nadella's ascent within Microsoft was steady and impressive. By 1999, he had already been appointed vice president of the Microsoft bCentral small-business service.

Two years later, he took on the role of corporate vice president of Microsoft Business Solutions. In 2007, his responsibilities expanded when he became senior vice president of research and development for the company's online services division. This was followed by his tenure as president of Microsoft's server and tools business from 2011 to 2013, a division that annually generated approximately $19 billion in revenue.

Also read: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joins Threads: What he wrote in his first post on the app Nadella's impact extended to the realm of cloud computing as well. He served as the executive vice president overseeing the company's cloud computing platform, which provided the infrastructure for various Microsoft services, including the Bing search engine, the Xbox Live gaming network, and the Office 365 subscription-based services. On February 4, 2014, Satya Nadella assumed the role of CEO of Microsoft.

He became the third person in the company's 40-year history to hold this esteemed position, following in the footsteps of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. One of his early challenges was the overseeing the completion of Microsoft's takeover of Nokia Corp.'s mobile-device business, a deal worth $7.2 billion. In 2016, Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, the renowned business-oriented social networking website, under Nadella's leadership.