{"672033":{"#nid":"672033","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech to Award Honorary Degree to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology, on behalf of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, will award an honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree to Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. An honorary doctorate is the most significant honor the Institute bestows on an individual.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe degree will be awarded \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/calendar.gatech.edu\/event\/2024\/01\/25\/honorary-degree-presentation-satya-nadella\u0022\u003Eduring a campus visit Thursday, Jan. 25\u003C\/a\u003E. Nadella will participate in a series of small meet-and-greets culminating in the honorary hooding presentation and a fireside chat in the Atlantic Theater, John Lewis Student Center.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cSatya Nadella has led a remarkable transformation of one of the most iconic and impactful companies of our time and has overseen the creation of an unprecedented $2.45 trillion in shareholder value,\u201d said Georgia Tech President \u00c1ngel Cabrera. \u201cMicrosoft\u2019s partnership with Georgia Tech has led to extraordinary opportunities for our students and faculty members, both in research and in their careers. We are grateful for his leadership and ongoing support of the Institute, and look forward to honoring him and hosting him on campus.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENadella grew up in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical engineering at Mangalore University. After moving to the U.S., he earned a master\u2019s degree in computer science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENadella was a member of the technology staff at Sun Microsystems before joining Microsoft in 1992. While working full-time at Microsoft, he earned a master\u2019s in business administration from the University of Chicago. He held leadership roles across the company in both enterprise and consumer business, including serving as executive vice president of the cloud and enterprise group. In 2014, he was named Microsoft CEO, the third person to hold the office in the company\u2019s nearly 40-year history, after co-founder Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENadella serves on the board of trustees of the University of Chicago, and he is on the Starbucks board of directors. He is an avid reader of American and Indian poetry, and he has a passion for cricket. He and his wife, Anupama, are part of the ownership group of Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer club. He is a civic leader, supporting and amplifying important work in fields such as medicine, autism research, and disability inclusion.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2018, Nadella was a Time 100 honoree. In 2019, he was named Financial Times Person of the Year and Fortune magazine Businessperson of the Year. In 2022, he was awarded by the government of India the Padma Bhushan, one of the country\u2019s highest civilian awards.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs a top recruiter at the Institute, Microsoft employs approximately 2,000 Georgia Tech alumni. The company\u2019s name tops a building just north of campus in Atlantic Station. Under Nadella\u2019s leadership, Microsoft has deepened its relationship with Georgia Tech, ultimately benefiting Atlanta and the state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Institute\u2019s latest honorary doctorate recognizes an extraordinary leader and Georgia Tech partner."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe degree will be awarded during a campus visit Thursday, Jan. 25.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The degree will be awarded during a campus visit Thursday, Jan. 25."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2024-01-11 02:53:12","changed_gmt":"2024-01-12 11:43:07","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672735":{"id":"672735","type":"image","title":"Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO","body":"\u003Cp\u003ESatya Nadella, Microsoft CEO\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1704942660","gmt_created":"2024-01-11 03:11:00","changed":"1704942708","gmt_changed":"2024-01-11 03:11:48","alt":"Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO","file":{"fid":"256031","name":"MS-Execs-2017-02-Nadella-Satya-Portraits-11-rt-1024x780.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/01\/10\/MS-Execs-2017-02-Nadella-Satya-Portraits-11-rt-1024x780.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/01\/10\/MS-Execs-2017-02-Nadella-Satya-Portraits-11-rt-1024x780.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":166493,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/01\/10\/MS-Execs-2017-02-Nadella-Satya-Portraits-11-rt-1024x780.jpg?itok=NV9cvoja"}}},"media_ids":["672735"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/calendar.gatech.edu\/event\/2024\/01\/25\/honorary-degree-presentation-satya-nadella","title":"Satya Nadella Honorary Degree Presentation and Address"},{"url":"https:\/\/c.gatech.edu\/nadella","title":"RSVP to Attend Satya Nadella Event"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:blair.meeks@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EBlair Meeks\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}