Satya Nadella: new CEO Microsoft

Since Steve Ballmer announced his departure from Microsoft, the technological world was agitated, trying to guess his successor. Before Microsoft chose Satya Nadella, former executive vice -President for cloud services, among the contenders called Alan Mulally - CEO of Ford Motors, Stephen Elop - the former CEO of Nokia, Steven Mollenkopf - the newly appointed CEO of Qualcomm, and - Tony Bates and Kevin Turner, top managers of Microsoft. But why Microsoft chose Nadella? Let's take a look at details that may offer a new CEO of Microsoft.

What helped Nadella become the head of Microsoft? B>
Firstly, Nadella is not just an employee, he gave Microsoft '22 his life, and during his career has worked as executive director of the fastest growing and profitable business areas, in particular, served as vice president of Microsoft's cloud services and services for businesses and led the development of Bing. In its 46 years, Satya Nadella spent nearly half his life at Microsoft and is going to stay there next.

The first interview with the new CEO Microsoft:



Will Nadella help Microsoft climb to the top? B>
Nadella success at different positions in Microsoft provided him contacts on the widest possible organizational level, and his familiarity with the everyday life of several departments definitely gave him an advantage over other competitors in the CEO position. The only major drawback Nadella is his lack of experience of company management.

Why not choose the candidate with the experience of CEO? B>
Gaps in experience Satya Nadella seem to be compensated for mentoring at the highest level. Bill Gates announced his resignation as chairman of Microsoft to work Nadella advisor in the early stages of transition Nadella to lead the company. Gates has created a new position in the company and will play a much more hands-on role, "founder and technical advisor».

Bill Gates about a new CEO:



What will happen to Microsoft? B>
The combined experience of Gates and Nadella will help unify the brand image after a slow Microsoft split in the era of "shock-and-miss" under the leadership of Ballmer. Nadella understand the evolution of computing because of its experience with cloud services and services for businesses, but he also understands the importance and equipment. Some products will be closed, some reorganized, anyway, according to experts, over the next year or two, we will see the changed company Microsoft with the service on the basis of multi-platform structure, largely focused on the issue of mobile devices, as well as providing online -services, reducing its dependence on the weakening PC market. For Microsoft, a new era began.

Source: habrahabr.ru/post/211460/