A biography for Satya Nadellahasn’t been written yet.
“It's our own ability to have an idea and go after the idea and make it happen. That's what at the end of the day defines us.”
“When I started at Microsoft, I was lucky enough to be part of the rise of the client-server paradigm.”
“I cook a very exotic Hyderabadi rice dish called Hyderabadi biryani, which takes an entire day to cook, and the last time I cooked it was multiple years ago, but someday I'll cook it again.”
“We will reinvent productivity to empower every person and every organization on the planet to do more and achieve more.”
“The enterprise market is never winner-take-all.”
“One of the things that I'm fascinated about generally is the rise and fall of everything, from civilizations to families to companies.”
“Culturally, I think we have operated as if we had the formula figured out, and it was all about optimizing, in its various constituent parts, the formula. Now it is about discovering the new formula.”
“I'm so glad to have Xbox as a franchise, especially at a time when gaming is becoming even more important - as a digital life category and in the mobile world.”
“If you don't jump on the new, you don't survive.”
“I do believe that at Microsoft in general good work is rewarded, and I have seen it many times here.”
“When I grew up here, there was no T-Hub. Probably, the closest to T was the Tank bund.”
“Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.”
“It's not about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises as you go along.”
“There are nine million servers sold annually. Of those, just one million are sourced by the big guys. What we're trying to predict is: in the future, is that all going into the one million category? Or will there be some balance?”
“I am absolutely thrilled to have the Xbox franchise.”
“Making more sense out of my data, my needs, my tasks - to me, that's the future of Office.”
“We've had great successes, but our future is not about our past success. It's going to be about whether we will invent things that are really going to drive our future.”
“The unique value that Microsoft can add is around productivity and platforms. Productivity is broadly something we can uniquely do.”
“Believe me, my journey has not been a simple journey of progress. There have been many ups and downs, and it is the choices that I made at each of those times that have helped shape what I have achieved.”
“India for sure is a mobile-first country. But I don't think it will be a mobile-only country for all time. An emerging market will have more computing in their lives, not less computing, as there is more GDP and there is more need. As they grow, they will also want computers that grow from their phone.”