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In a decade of Satya Nadella ’ s leadership , Microsoft has grown to one of the largest companies in the world , with its value swelling to over US $ 3tn .

Joining Microsoft in 1992 , after a short spell at Sun Microsystems , Nadella quickly became known as a leader who could span a breadth of technologies and businesses to transform some of Microsoft ’ s biggest product offerings . Before being named CEO in February 2014 , Nadella held leadership roles in both enterprise and consumer businesses across the company , including EVP of Microsoft ’ s Cloud and Enterprise group where he oversaw Microsoft Azure and the company ’ s repositioning towards cloud services .

Under Nadella ’ s leadership , Azure – Microsoft ’ s cloud platform – has grown to become one of the leading cloud computing platforms globally , while the company has embraced the generative AI revolution : building it into its consumer and enterprise offerings . Microsoft has made several investments in the AI space , most notably investing billions in ChatGPT creator OpenAI .