“Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning 'bit' always switched on.”

Indian-American business executive

Satya Nadella is an Indian-American business executive and the chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. He became CEO in 2014 and chairman in 2021. Before leading the company, he was executive vice president of Microsoft’s cloud and enterprise group. In that role, he worked on the company’s computing platforms and their operation. He is also quoted widely, with 110 quotes on the site.