Growing up in India, Satya Nadella never dreamed of being one of the most influential people on the planet. But he became a household name in 2014 after being crowned the third CEO in Microsoft’s history. This was a time when Microsoft had a reputation for being a legacy player, but one who’s dominance in the market was being chipped away at by agile competitors in the fast-emerging cloud space.
Since then, Nadella has steered the company into a bold, new future. This includes overseeing Microsoft's move to cloud computing and the development of one of the largest cloud infrastructures in the world. He has also led several high-profile acquisitions, such as LinkedIn, Nuance, and GitHub.