Satya Nadella (Microsoft)

Education: MBA (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), B.E. (Manipal Institute of

Technology)
Early Career: Engineer
Career Progression: CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Early Goals: Learn, Innovate, Lead
Skills: Leadership, Communication Skills, Visionary Thinking, Cloud Computing, Data
Management and Analytics
Key Roles & Achievements: SVP R&D for Online Services Division, CEO of Microsoft
Stock Options: Significant grants at key milestones (estimated value at grant: $10
million)
Salary Progression: $300,000 (VP), $8 million (CEO)
Current Role: CEO, Microsoft
Values & Motivations: Innovation, Empowerment, Customer Focus
Sundar Pichai (Google & Alphabet)

Education: MBA (Wharton School), MS (Stanford), B.Tech (IIT Kharagpur)

Early Career: Management consultant
Career Progression: CEO
Early Goals: Strategize, Transform, Excel
Skills: Leadership, Strategic Management, Product Development
Key Roles & Achievements: SVP Chrome & Apps, CEO of Google & Alphabet
Stock Options: Large grants throughout career (estimated value at grant: $50
million+)
Salary Progression: $250,000 (SVP), $120 million (CEO)
Current Role: CEO, Google & Alphabet
Values & Motivations: User Focus, Data-Driven Decision Making, Collaboration
Arvind Krishna (IBM)

Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign)
Early Career: (Information not provided)
Career Progression: Chairman and CEO of IBM
Early Goals: (Information not provided)
Skills: (Information not provided)
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Stock Options: (Information not provided)
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Current Role: Chairman and CEO of IBM
Values & Motivations: (Information not provided)
Shantanu Narayen (Adobe)

Education: MBA (University of California, Berkeley), B.Sc. in Electronics

Engineering (Osmania University)
Early Career: (Information not provided)
Career Progression: Chairman, President, and CEO of Adobe Inc.
Early Goals: (Information not provided)
Skills: (Information not provided)
Key Roles & Achievements: (Information not provided)
Stock Options: (Information not provided)
Salary Progression: (Information not provided)
Current Role: Chairman, President, and CEO of Adobe Inc.
Values & Motivations: (Information not provided)
N. R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys)

Education: M.Tech in Computer Science (IIT Kanpur)

Early Career: (Information not provided)
Career Progression: Co-founder of Infosys (retired)
Early Goals: (Information not provided)
Skills: (Information not provided)
Key Roles & Achievements: (Information not provided)
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Current Role: Co-founder of Infosys (retired)
Values & Motivations: (Information not provided)
Nandan Nilekani (Infosys)

Education: B.Tech in Electrical Engineering (IIT Bombay)

Early Career: (Information not provided)
Career Progression: Co-founder of Infosys (active in various roles)
Early Goals: (Information not provided)
Skills: (Information not provided)
Key Roles & Achievements: (Information not provided)
Stock Options: (Information not provided)
Salary Progression: (Information not provided)
Current Role: Co-founder of Infosys (active in various roles)
Values & Motivations: (Information not provided)