Microsoft has chosen a new CEO to replace the retiring Steve Ballmer. Satya Nadella will take the reins of the company once Steve Ballmer steps down. Also, Bill Gates will be getting more involved with the company again.
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"Satya Nadella (Telugu: సత్య నాదెళ్ల)(born 1967) was named Chief Executive Office of Microsoft on February 4, 2014. Previously, he was executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company’s computing platforms, developer tools and cloud services.Nadella worked as the senior vice president of R&D for the Online Services Division and vice president of the Microsoft Business Division.
Later, he was made the president of Microsoft’s $19 billion Server and Tools Business and led a transformation of the company's business and technology culture from client services to cloud infrastructure and services. He has been credited for bringing Microsoft's database, Windows server and developer tools to its Azure cloud. The revenue from Cloud Services grew to $20.3 billion in June 2013 from $16.6 billion when he took over in 2011."