Bigger Than Amazon

Satya Nadella has lead Microsoft from strength to strength. Microsoft might not always leave the strongest impression, but when they’re up 12% on the last quarter for a total of $33.7 billion, you can’t deny that they must be doing something right.

Amazon’s AWS is a beast and it’s growing, but Microsoft’s Azure is moving much faster and earning a lot more. “Our commercial cloud business is the largest in the world, surpassing $38 billion in revenue for the year.” said Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft. “Every day we work alongside our customers to help them build their own digital capability – innovating with them, creating new businesses with them, and earning their trust. This commitment to our customers’ success is resulting in larger, multi-year commercial cloud agreements and growing momentum across every layer of our technology stack.”

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Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella Timeline

1967 Born in Hyderabad, India

1988 Completed a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering at Mangalore University

1990 Completed a Masters Degree in Computer Science at University of Wisconsin

1992 Joined Microsoft and worked on the development of Windows NT

1997 Earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration

1999 Named as Vice President of Microsoft bCentral small-business service

2001 Made Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Business Solutions

2007 Promoted to Senior Vice President of Research and Development

2011 Made President of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Division

2014 Named as Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft

2018 Microsoft’s stock tripled with 27% annual growth since Nadella has been CEO

 

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