Satya Nadella: Microsoft's new CEO

Since Steve Ballmer announced his retirement from Microsoft, the technological world has been agitated, trying to guess his successor. Before Microsoft chose Satya Nadella, the former executive vice president of cloud services, the candidates included: Alan Mulally - Ford Motors CEO, Stephen Elop - Nokia's former CEO, Steve Mollenkopf - just-appointed Qualcomm CEO, and - Tony Bates and Kevin Turner, Microsoft executives. But why did Microsoft prefer Nadella? Let's take a closer look at what the new CEO of Microsoft can offer.

What helped Nadela to become the head of Microsoft?
First, Nadella is not just an employee: he gave Microsoft 22 years of his life, and during his career he managed to work as executive director in the fastest growing and profitable business areas, in particular, he served as vice president of cloud services and services for enterprises in Microsoft and also led the development of Bing. At 46 years old, Satya Nadella spent almost half of his life at Microsoft and is going to stay there.

The first interview with the new Microsoft CEO:
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Will Nadella be able to help Microsoft climb to the top?
Nadella's success in various positions at Microsoft provided him with contacts at the widest possible organizational level, and his familiarity with the daily life of several departments at once gave him a clear advantage over the rest of the competition for the CEO position. The only major drawback of Nadella is his lack of management experience.

Why did not you choose a candidate with experience of CEO?
The gaps in the experience of Sathya Nadella, it seems, will be compensated for by mentoring at the highest level. Bill Gates announced his retirement as Microsoft chairman to work as an advisor to Nadella in the early stages of Nadella’s transition to leadership. Gates has created a new position in the company and will play a much more practical “founder and technical adviser” role.

Bill Gates about the new CEO:



What's next with Microsoft?
The combined experience of Gates and Nadella will help unify the Microsoft brand image after a slow split in the “strike-and-miss” era led by Ballmer. Nadella understands the evolution of computing because of his experience with cloud and enterprise services, but he also understands the importance of equipment. Some products will be closed, some reorganized, one way or another, according to experts, within the next year or two, we will see a changed Microsoft company with a service based on a multiplatform structure, more focused on the release of mobile devices, as well as on-line provision. -services, reducing its dependence on the weakening personal computer market. For Microsoft, a new era has begun.