I am a learner and always wanted to build things: The many shades of Satya Nadella

[caption id=“attachment_74540” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Nadella, 46, was born in Hyderabad, India. He is the third CEO at Microsoft after Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_74541” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Nadella with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_74542” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  “I’m a learner,” Nadella says. “I think the thing that I realized is, what excites me is that I’m learning something. I can learn something about some area. I can learn something from people. I can learn something from doing things differently.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_74544” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  He often signs up for online courses, “just crazy ambitions in the 15 minutes I have in the morning. You know, I’m trying to listen to a neuroscience class or something. I kind of ask myself, why are you doing it? But I love it.”[/caption]

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[caption id=“attachment_74546” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Microsoft’s new CEO finds relaxation by reading poetry, in all forms and by poets who are both Indian and American. “It’s like code,” he says.[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_74547” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  “I marvel every day at how people can excel - and that’s what really gets me going,” says Nadella[/caption]

[caption id=“attachment_74548” align=“alignnone” width=“860”]  Nadella came to Microsoft, he told employees in an email, “for the same reason I think most people join Microsoft - to change the world through technology that empowers people to do amazing things. “Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance.”[/caption]