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Satya Nadella

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella taps Judson Althoff to lead new global org, as Jean-Philippe Courtois shifts role after 37 years

Microsoft will combine its Global Sales and Marketing Organization and Worldwide Commercial Business under Judson Althoff, further positioning the eight-year… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s family donates $15M to Seattle Children’s Hospital

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s family is donating $15 million to Seattle Children’s Hospital to support its work in neurosciences medicine… Read More

Here’s how Microsoft is helping India with its COVID-19 catastrophe

With several thousand employees across 11 locations in India, and many more employees in other countries with families in India,… Read More

Biden’s latest move confirms Microsoft avoided political nightmare when it lost TikTok deal

The news this morning that the Biden administration has halted the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations further illustrates the extraordinary… Read More

Microsoft unveils ‘Viva’ on Teams in bid to shake up $300B employee experience technology market

Nearly a year into a pandemic that ushered in a new era of virtual work, Microsoft announced a new tech… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: The state of Microsoft, with special guest, tech journalist Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft’s profits rose 33% in the December quarter as CEO Satya Nadella touted a “second wave of digital transformation.” But… Read More

Microsoft profits jump 33% as CEO Satya Nadella cites a ‘second wave of digital transformation’

Microsoft’s revenue climbed 17% to more than $43 billion for the December quarter, and profits rose 33% to $15.5 billion,… Read More

Seattle tech leaders including Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella are investing in cricket teams

Startup founders and tech giant CEOs are putting money behind cricket teams and leagues, betting that the sport will continue… Read More

Microsoft doubles down on cloud data with new products, makes new appeal to Amazon’s rivals

Microsoft is rolling out new cloud technologies for wrangling, protecting and analyzing large amounts of corporate data, escalating its competition… Read More

Slack deal would pit Salesforce against Microsoft, with Tableau acquisition as a potential blueprint

Slack could gain new inroads to enterprise customers, and access to additional sales and marketing horsepower, if reports of its… Read More

Book Excerpt: How Microsoft leverages employee giving to build a culture of purpose

[Editor’s Note: Akhtar Badshah, who led Microsoft’s philanthropic efforts from 2004 to 2014, writes about the roots and impact of… Read More

Here’s how much Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella made in total compensation during fiscal year 2020

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella saw his total compensation rise 3% to $44.32 million during the company’s fiscal year 2020 that… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Amazon antitrust findings; Satya Nadella’s WFH tips; Mysterious $60B woman

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week: A long-awaited report from a U.S. House antitrust subcommittee… Read More

WFH tips from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella: Regular breaks, short meetings, and other advice

Schedule super quick meetings just to check in with colleagues. Read more. And try to fit “moments of transition” into… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella throws out virtual first pitch for Seattle Mariners — with ‘Halo’ helpers

Satya Nadella is a big fan of cricket. But on Sunday he wound up for a different sport as the… Read More

Amazon tears into Trump after Pentagon reaffirms Microsoft as winner of $10B JEDI cloud contract

[Updated at 3 p.m. Pacific on Friday, Sept. 4.] Amazon issued a searing response Friday to the Department of Defense’s… Read More

Filing shows where Microsoft is really making its money; reveals M&A spending; adds Netflix, Hulu, Tencent to list of rivals

Microsoft may be toying with the idea of buying Tik-Tok, but more than ever, its bread-and-butter is basic cloud services… Read More

Microsoft confirms TikTok talks after Trump and Nadella speak, sets Sept. 15 deadline for deal

Microsoft broke its silence on its interest in acquiring hit social video app TikTok in the United States in a… Read More

What would Microsoft do with TikTok? Hit social video app goes against recent trend for tech giant

[Update, Saturday, 2:50 p.m. Pacific: The Wall Street Journal reported that negotiations between ByteDance and Microsoft are on hold following… Read More

Microsoft revenue up 13% to $38B as stay-at-home orders boost cloud and games businesses

Microsoft posted revenue of $38 billion, up 13%, beating Wall Street’s expectations for its fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30.… Read More

Microsoft vows to use financial strength to fuel societal change in sweeping racial justice plan

Over the next three years, Microsoft says it will double its number of Black-owned suppliers and spend an incremental $500… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns of fallout without ‘strong national law’ on facial recognition

Decisions by Microsoft and Amazon to refrain from sales of facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies could have negative… Read More

Podcast

Secrets of successful strategies: How Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and others make winning bets

Twenty-five years ago, more than a decade before the debut of the iPhone, a different piece of technology had people… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘Project Reunion’ bridges Windows divide, revives classic Win32 apps with new APIs

Microsoft is bringing traditional Windows apps back into the fold, after years trying to get developers to shift focus to… Read More

Microsoft builds OpenAI’s ‘dream system,’ an Azure supercomputer that ranks among top 5 in the world

Microsoft says it has created one of the world’s top supercomputers for the exclusive use of OpenAI, the San Francisco-based… Read More

Microsoft CEO offers mentoring session, role in ‘Halo’ TV series as part of ‘All In Challenge’

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has gone “All In” to give a lucky winner a behind-the-scenes look at Microsoft’s headquarters campus… Read More

Microsoft posts $35B in revenue, up 15%, sees ‘minimal net impact’ from COVID-19 in quarter

Microsoft reported $35 billion in revenue, an increase of 15% from a year ago, as increased demand for its productivity,… Read More

How will Microsoft weather the storm? Earnings will serve as a status report on its evolution

UPDATE: Microsoft posts $35B in revenue, up 15%, sees ‘minimal net impact’ from COVID-19 in quarter Will problems in the… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella join White House’s coronavirus industry groups

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and President Donald Trump aren’t exactly the best of friends, but that didn’t stop the White… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says tech giant ‘will weather the storm’ amid COVID-19 outbreak

One impact from the sudden change to remote work amid the COVID-19 crisis: Satya Nadella is no longer working from… Read More

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