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Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella, Indian-American business executive, chairman and CEO of Microsoft

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Born
August 19, 1967
Age in 2026
59
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1967

About Satya Nadella

Satya Narayana Nadella is an 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. In 2014, Nadella's first acquisition with Microsoft was of Mojang, a Swedish game company best known for the computer game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion. In 2014, Nadella was awarded the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year and in 2020, was recognized as Global Indian Business Icon at CNBC-TV18's India Business Leader Awards. In 2015, the Government of India awarded Nadella the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (awarded to Overseas Indians) and in 2022 the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India.

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Satya Nadella timeline

  1. In 2014, Nadella's first acquisition with Microsoft was of Mojang, a Swedish game company best known for the computer game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion.
  2. In 2014, Nadella was awarded the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year and in 2020, was recognized as Global Indian Business Icon at CNBC-TV18's India Business Leader Awards.
  3. In 2015, the Government of India awarded Nadella the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman (awarded to Overseas Indians) and in 2022 the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India.

The world when Satya Nadella was born

Satya Nadella was born in 1967. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1967

  • #1 song"To Sir with Love" – Lulu
  • Top movieIn the Heat of the Night
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookOne Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Super Bowl — Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs
  • Top headlineSummer of Love transforms counterculture
  • Technology milestoneFirst heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard
  • Defining fadHippie culture and psychedelia
  • Notable inventionFirst handheld calculator
  • World population3.49 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonPhiladelphia 76ers (NBA)
  • U.S. population198.7M

1967 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Satya Nadella's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19672026
Gas$0.33$3.45/gal
Average home$14,800$435,000
Average income$9,800$67,500
Minimum wage$1.40$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.22$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population198.7M341 million

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