Microsoft announces Satya Nadella as Microsoft's new CEO

by Jason Gumpert, Editor
published February 4, 2014

Satya Nadella is Microsoft's new CEO. The announcement was made in an email to Microsoft employees today.

Satya Nadella 

The announcement follows months of speculation and a week of intense rumors that predicted this outcome. Nadella, 46 and born in Hyderabad, India, will become only the third CEO of Microsoft. He will also join the Board of Directors. Board member John Thompson will become the new chairman of the board of directors, taking over for Bill Gates. Gates will take on a new "Technology Advisor" role.

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As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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