Satya Nadella
Microsoft’s CEO since 2014, who pivoted the company to cloud and AI and pushed it past a $3 trillion market value.
Pay vs performance
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Why this pay?
- The bulk is performance stock tied to Microsoft's results and share price.
- He asked the board to cut his cash incentive in FY2024 in acknowledgment of the year's cybersecurity failures.
Worth knowing
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella grew up in Hyderabad, India, and was a serious cricket player as a boy — he credits the sport with teaching him teamwork and leadership.
Source: Public biography · More facts →
Quick facts
Compensation breakdown
DEF 14ANadella requested a lower cash incentive after the year’s security incidents. Source: Microsoft 2024 Proxy (FY2024) →
Compensation history
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Every figure ties to a filing. Compensation is the total from Microsoft's Summary Compensation Table for FY2024(grant-date values, which can differ from what an executive realizes when awards vest). We publish what the filings say, and we don't grade people. Photo: Brian Smale and Microsoft / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons.