Microsoft’s Nadella Channels India Expat Ethos Shaping Tech
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Satya Nadella was like many newly minted Indian engineers in the ’80s: disciplined, determined, crazy about cricket and in possession of a U.S. visa.
A ticket to America was the gold twentysomething techies reached for in his generation. With it, the skinny kid who bit his nails and amused his mates with impersonations of their teachers joined a wave of immigrant talent that helped build Silicon Valley and the software industry. Now 46 and running Microsoft Corp., Nadella is visiting India next week for the first time as chief executive officer. It’s where he absorbed lessons that are helping him navigate the company’s fiefdoms.