Microsoft stock increased nearly tenfold under Nadella from 2014 to 2023 with twenty-seven percent annual growth.
“. [ 50 ] He orchestrated a cultural shift at Microsoft by emphasizing empathy, collaboration, and 'growth mindset'. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] He has transformed Microsoft's corporate culture into one that emphasizes continual learning and growth. [ 53 ] 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. He followed that by purchasing Xamarin for an undisclosed amount. [ 54 ] He oversaw the purchase of professional network LinkedIn [ 55 ] in 2016 for $26.2 billion. [ 56 ] On 26 October 2018, Microsoft acquired GitHub for US$7.5 billion. [ 57 ] As of November 2023, Microsoft stock had increased nearly tenfold since Nadella became CEO in 2014, with a 27% annual growth rate, ending a 14-year period of near zero growth. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] In 2024, Nadella's compensation from Microsoft totaled $79.1 million, an increase of 63% over his 2023 compensation of $48.5 million. [ 60 ] In January 2026, Nadella urged that people stop calling artificial intelligence ”
“3/ A big Thank you to our employees and to our customers for continuing to put their trust in us. Read more here: https://t.co/8n8u2bSbIL”
Nadella describes building model system separating harness, context, memory and action from model family
“1/ We are building a new model system, where the harness, context, memory, and action space are separate from any one model family, thereby moving the frontier on the cost -to-outcome curve. And it’s not just about cost. It also has the added benefit of business continuity and”
Nadella reports Microsoft fiscal year revenue $331B up 18%, Azure $100B up 41%
“Just wrapped our earnings call. It was a very strong close to what was a record fiscal year for Microsoft. · Annual revenue: $331B, +18% · MS Cloud: $214B, + 27% · And Azure: $100B, +41% And even bigger opportunity ahead! I wanted to share some more perspective on two areas”
Nadella reports Microsoft fiscal year revenue $331B up 18%, Azure $100B up 41%
“Just wrapped our earnings call. It was a very strong close to what was a record fiscal year for Microsoft. · Annual revenue: $331B, +18% · MS Cloud: $214B, + 27% · And Azure: $100B, +41% And even bigger opportunity ahead! I wanted to share some more perspective on two areas”
Nadella announces first production Vera Rubin chips arriving at Microsoft datacenters
“Delivery day at our Microsoft DCs as the first production Vera Rubins arrive. A huge thank you to our partners at @nvidia and our Azure hardware and datacenter teams for all the incredible work that brought us to this milestone! https://t.co/pBqKArGO1N”