FX.co ★ Nadella wins FT Person of the year

The Financial Times named Satya Nadella, the chief executive officer of Microsoft, Person of the Year. When it comes to Microsoft, people usually remember Bill Gates and Windows. However, there are other prominent representatives in the company. Nadella was appointed Microsoft’s CEO in 2014. Despite a long career as an executive, Nadella is so rarely mentioned in the media that he is still unknown to the wide audience. However, it did not stop him from achieving remarkable financial results. “By the end of November, the total return generated for Microsoft shareholders during his nearsix year tenure passed $1tn. Contrast that with the moment when he took over as only the third CEO in Microsoft’s history, and the software company looked like it might be on the fast track to technological irrelevance,” - the Financial Times said. According to the newspaper, Nadella brought Microsoft back at the top of the tech companies without attracting the resentment and anxiety provoked by some other tech leaders. Such anonymity works in Nadella’s favour. According to the Financial Times, one key sign of Mandella’s success in 2019 is how seldom his company has been in the headlines.