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Satya Nadella Becomes Microsoft CEO

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Satya Nadella, an Indian American engineer, was named Microsoft's third chief executive on February 4, 2014 — among the highest-profile leadership roles reached by an Asian American in the tech industry.

Communities
  • Indian American
Topics
  • business
  • technology
Event type
  • achievement/first
Regions
  • South Asian

Sources

  • news.microsoft.com news.microsoft.com/source/2014/02/04/microsoft-board-names-satya-nadella-as-ceo
  • sec.gov sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000789019/000119312514035080/d669538dex991.htm

Also on February 4

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'Linsanity' Begins

Jeremy Lin's breakout game for the New York Knicks launched 'Linsanity'; the undrafted, Harvard-educated guard became one of the NBA's first American-born stars of Chinese or Taiwanese descent.