New Delhi: Satya Nadella the Indian origin CEO of the worlds second most valuable tech company Microsoft is celebrating his birthday today August 19. Under his leadership Microsoft has been touching new heights for the last decade. When and where was Satya Nadella born? Satya Nadella was born on 19 August 1967 in Hyderabad. His father was an IAS officer and his mother was a Sanskrit professor. After studying at Hyderabad Public School he obtained an Electrical Engineering degree from Manipal Institute of Technology in the year 1988. After this he went to America and did an MS in Computer Science. Later he completed his MBA from the Chicago Booth School of Business. How did Satya Nadella start his career? Nadella started his career with Sun Microsystems. But in the year 1992 he joined Microsoft. In the early days he started working with the server group and later was a part of many important projects including software online services research and development. Nadella is called Cloud Guru at Microsoft. Under his leadership Microsoft took a historic leap in the field of cloud computing and made Azure one of the worlds largest cloud platforms. Satya Nadella took over as Microsoft CEO 11 years ago Nadella became the CEO of Microsoft in 2014. At that time the company was facing many challenges. Nadella made the company a giant of the tech industry again by emphasising cloud mobile and artificial intelligence. In 2021 he was also appointed as the chairman of the company. His personal life Nadella married Anupama in 1992. He currently lives in Washington USA with his family. A fan of cricket and fitness Nadella loves to eat pastries and sweets. He considers himself a lifelong learner and enjoys taking online courses and reading poetry in his spare time. How much is his net worth? According to Forbes Satya Nadellas net worth is around $1.1 billion. The main reason behind Satya Nadellas wealth is the high salary he gets the rising price of Microsoft shares and his rapport with the companys shareholders. As per the companys fiscal year 2024 Nadella owns 867989 shares of Microsoft. The price of one share is around $517.10. According to this the total value of his shares is around $449 million. Microsofts 2024 data shows that Nadellas salary increased by 63% to $79106183 compared to last year. He has received this salary by combining many things. Apart from this he also has a stake in Seattle Sounders FC. It is a Major League Soccer club. He also has other properties in Bellevue and Washington.