47 year old Satya Nadella (Satyanarayana Nadella) who is all set to replace Steve Balmer as the CEO of IT giant Microsoft is an Hyderabad born and a student of the prestigious Hyderabad Public school.
He is the son of a former planning commission member Yugandhar Nadella and.Kalyan Y. Nadella, his younger brother, is a popular sportsperson from the city of Hyderabad. Yugandhar Nadella, a former planning commission member lives at an apartment in Sagar society , Srinagar. Harassed by media intervention at his home, 70 plus Yugandar said he will speak out only after an announcement about Satya . A prominent Brahmin family hails from an agraharam in Krishna district of AP .
After his HPS beginning graduated as Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and communication from the Manipal University, in Karnataka(1988).' Satya was a first class student who achieved distinction ' says then MIT director Vinod M Thomas who taught him 25 years ago in an interview to a Hyderabad newspaper few months ago. His wife is also an HPS alumni.
In 1992, he joined Microsoft as Program Manager in Windows Developer Relation Group after a stint at Sun Micro systems.As of 2013 Satya Nadella is drawing a salary of Rs.48 crore per annum. He now No-3 in Microsoft and has been credited for bringing Microsoft's database, Windows server and developer tools, and Azure cloud. Nadella, would be only the third CEO in Microsoft's 38-year history after Bill Gates and Steve Balmer.
Satya spoke of his days in Hyderabad in an earlier interview that the laid back approach and life style of Hyderabad helped him to think about things differently without perhaps being caught up in the narrow approach to one's journey through life to achieve new heights.
