Friday, February 7, 2014

Satya Nadella new Microsoft CEO - IDG.se

Satya Nadella is Microsoft's third president in history.

Satya Nadella is Microsoft’s third president in history.

Nadella becomes CEO for Microsoft and a member of the Board with immediate effect , according to a press release Microsoft sent out in the afternoon. Previously, he was responsible for Microsoft’s cloud division.

class=”paragraphIntro”> “In changing times like this, there is no person who is better to lead than Microsoft Satya Nadella. Satya is a proven leader with strong development skills, business vision and an ability to unite people. His vision of how technology will be used and seen around the world is exactly what Microsoft needs as the company enters its next phase of expansion of the product innovation and growth, said Microsoft founder Bill Gates in a press release.

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class=”paragraphIntro”>” Microsoft is a of the few companies actually managed to revolutionize the world using technology, and I can not feel a greater honor to have been chosen to lead the company, “said Nadella said in a statement.

class=”paragraphIntro”> Nadella is Microsoft’s third president in history. He succeeds Steve Ballmer ending after 13 years. Ballmer has sent out an email to company employees in which he bids farewell. Steve Ballmer announced that he would leave the CEO post in August last year. He will retain a seat on the board.

class=”paragraphIntro”> Simultaneously with the announcement if the new president also announced that Microsoft founder Bill Gates will leave his post as chairman of the board, and instead take a role as adviser to Nadella. He keeps the other hand, a seat on the board. Bill Gates says in a video that he will add a third of his time at Microsoft, and that Satya Nadella asked Gates if he can act as support.

class=”paragraphIntro”> John Thompson, who has had a place in Microsoft’s Board of Directors, will take over as chairman.

Below: Interview Nadella published immediately after the announcement:

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