[4][5] 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.

[16][17] Nadella attended the Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet[18] before receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka in 1988.

[19][20] He then traveled to the United States to study for an MS in computer science at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee,[21] receiving his degree in 1990.

He has been credited for helping bring Microsoft's database, Windows Server and developer tools to its Azure cloud.

[45] Under Nadella, Microsoft revised its mission statement to "empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more".

[69] In 1992, Nadella married Anupama Priyadarshini, the daughter of his father's Indian Administrative Service (IAS) batchmate.

[73] The couple have three children, a son (deceased) and two daughters, and live in Clyde Hill[74] and Bellevue, Washington.

[78] Nadella is an avid reader of American and Indian poetry and enjoys cricket, having played on his school team.

[80] Nadella and his wife Anupama are part of the ownership group of Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer club.

[81] In 2017, Nadella published a book titled Hit Refresh, exploring his life and career at Microsoft.