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Satya Nadella

(1967) Chief Executive Officer

185 quotes in 574 categories

He says, "Businesses and users are going to use technology only if they can trust it." The quotes stress that leaders of big companies must think about the world and its people, and that taking risks means treating failures as lessons. They also note that outsiders can succeed with supportive management, and that trust is essential for people and communities like Minecraft.

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Satya Nadella is a chief executive officer, best known for Hit Refresh.

Quick Facts About Satya Nadella

Born: August 19, 1967
Profession: Chief Executive Officer
Notable works: Hit Refresh

About Satya Nadella

Satya Narayana Nadella is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman. Before becoming CEO, he was the executive vice president of Microsoft's cloud and enterprise group, responsible for building and running the company's computing platforms.

Quotes by Satya Nadella

“the central importance of leadership.”

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Competition is not going to kill us.

Competition

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This is a software-powered world.

Inspirational

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Microsoft loves Linux.

Linux

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I will always be a Hyderabadi.

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Culture change means we will do things differently.

Change

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We are really excited about being stewards to the community that is Minecraft.

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“it is not the device that is mobile. It is you.”

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Our ambitions are bold and so must be our desire to change and evolve our culture.

Ambition

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The more you live it, the more sustainable your business approach becomes.

Approach

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I think we would be dead and gone if we were just mostly failing.

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Microsoft has no SQL Server developers. We have only Azure developers.

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Iran is a complete Windows country when it comes to the Office automation side.

Automation

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“Instead of thinking of you working for Microsoft, think of how Microsoft can work for you.”

Employee

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One of the things that I'm fascinated about generally is the rise and fall of everything, from civilizations to families to companies.

Business

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When I started at Microsoft, I was lucky enough to be part of the rise of the client-server paradigm.

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At the core of the products we build, I want to think about productivity centered around people.

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With all the abundance we have of computers and computing, what is scarce is human attention and time.

Abundance

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At our core, Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

Business

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It's not about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right raises…

Faith

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The notion of having work-life harmony in a highly competitive economy is a first-class topic.

Competitive

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I want everyone inside of Microsoft to take that responsibility. This is not about top-line growth. This is not about bottom-line growth.…

Growth

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There are always going to be people who are experts in security or end-user devices or collaboration or databases. That's not going…

Business

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I cook a very exotic Hyderabadi rice dish called Hyderabadi biryani, which takes an entire day to cook, and the last time…

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We are going to completely change what it means to do advanced analytics with our data solutions. We have machine-learning stuff that…

Change

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At Microsoft, we're aspiring to have a living, learning culture with a growth mindset that allows us to learn from ourselves and…

Culture

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My ambition with connectivity is not to fly balloons in the national airspace of other countries, but my dream is to be…

Ambition

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In the post-Snowden world, you need to enable others to build their own cloud and have mobility of applications. That’s both because…

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One thing we've talked a lot about, even in the first leadership meeting, was, what's the purpose of our leadership team? The…

Clarity

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It's not really about asking for the raise but knowing and having faith that the system will actually give you the right…

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“The first is to bring clarity to those you work with. This is one of the foundational things leaders do every day,…

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Our first-party devices will light up digital work and life. Surface Pro 3 is a great example -- it is the world's…

Acquisition

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Like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall…

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“I knew that to lead effectively I needed to get some things square in my own mind—and, ultimately, in the minds of…

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The way I measure my life is 'Am I better than I was last year?'

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Cloud is just emerging, but it's high growth.

Change

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I want to see us remain convinced that software matters in the future.

Future

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LinkedIn was an amazing deal for us to do because of their mission.

Amazing

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The fundamental truth for developers is they will build if there are users.

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The thing we learned the most with the Xbox is the Xbox Live experience.

Experience

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Satya Nadella by topic

Technology (54) Business (26) Time (16) Life (13) Leadership (12) World (11) Productivity (11) Programming (10) People (10) Culture (10)