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Satya Nadella

Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft

Since Feb 4, 2014.

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Alpha ID
alpha:person:satya-nadella
Record version
vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Apr 21, 2026
Newest evidence
Oct 21, 2025
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
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Published claims
19 5 distinct sources
Evidence records
10 0 pinned
Source conflicts
0 None open
Current role
Chief Executive OfficerSince Feb 4, 2014
Board seats
1Microsoft
Committee seats
0None published

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Board oversight, responsibilities and disclosed experience. Each detail comes from this record’s published evidence.

Board service

Microsoft

Current in the published record

Source disclosure: Jun 16, 2021; Feb 4, 2014. Status after that disclosure has not been established by this summary.

2021 to present; 2014 to present

Appointment and supporting claims

Committee responsibilities

Committee memberships have not been published. This does not mean the person has no committee responsibilities.

How to read this record

Built from 5 distinct sources and 10 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

Satya Nadella seat on Microsoft, effective 2021-06-16.

EffectiveEffective Jun 16, 2021E5

Board service

Evidence

Seats held as a director, as published in the cited sources.

Microsoft CurrentChair, 2021 to present. Director, 2014 to presentOpen record
Supporting appointment claims (5)
Professional RoleChair at Microsoft
Source reportedE5
person:satya-nadella:role:1
Professional RoleDirector at Microsoft
Source reportedE7
person:satya-nadella:role:2
Board membershipServes on the board of Microsoft
CorroboratedE4E2E9E10E6Opening announcement paragraph: appointment and effective date
person:satya-nadella:board_membership:5
Board roleBoard role: Chair
CorroboratedE4E1Opening announcement paragraph: appointment and effective date
person:satya-nadella:board_role:6
Committee assignmentsNo committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing
Source reportedE1
person:satya-nadella:committee_assignments:7

Committee experience

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Work experience

Evidence
  1. 2014 to present
    Chief Executive OfficerMicrosoft
    E7

Education, credentials, and certifications

Evidence

Published degrees, professional credentials, licenses, and certifications. Résumé entries retain their source or subject-supplied status and do not change canonical Claims.

QualificationInstitution or issuerDatesAssertionSource
Bachelor’s degree, Electrical EngineeringMangalore UniversityYear not disclosedSource reportedVerified · Microsoft executive biography
Master’s degree, Computer ScienceUniversity of Wisconsin–MilwaukeeYear not disclosedSource reportedVerified · Microsoft executive biography
Master of Business AdministrationUniversity of ChicagoYear not disclosedSource reportedVerified · Microsoft executive biography

AI, cyber, and technology accountability

Evidence
AI and ML experienceAI and machine learning experience reported in filings
CorroboratedE1E3
person:satya-nadella:ai_ml_experience:1
AI expertiseAI expertise reported in filings
Source reportedE8
person:satya-nadella:ai_expertise:2
AI governance relevanceAI governance relevance reported from role and filings
Source reportedE8
person:satya-nadella:ai_governance_relevance:3
Technology backgroundTechnology background reported in filings
CorroboratedE3E1
person:satya-nadella:technology_background:16

Authority to act

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Published professional roleChair, Microsoft, from Jun 16, 2021
Source reportedE5
person:satya-nadella:role:1
Published professional roleDirector, Microsoft, from Feb 4, 2014
Source reportedE7
person:satya-nadella:role:2
Published professional roleChief Executive Officer, Microsoft, from Feb 4, 2014
Source reportedE7
person:satya-nadella:role:3
Authority to bind the companyNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents acting on this authorityNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
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agents
Delegations grantedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Compensation and holdings

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Conflicts and accountability

Evidence
Board independenceNot independent (executive director)
Source reportedE2
person:satya-nadella:board_independence:4

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE3
person:satya-nadella:cybersecurity_experience:8
Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience reported in filings
Source reportedE1
person:satya-nadella:cybersecurity_experience:9
Executive companyExecutive at Microsoft Corporation
CorroboratedE1E3E8
person:satya-nadella:executive_company:10
Executive functionEnterprise Leadership (CEO)
Source reportedE8
person:satya-nadella:executive_function:11
Executive titleExecutive title: Chairman and CEO
Source reportedE1
person:satya-nadella:executive_title:12
Executive titleExecutive title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CorroboratedE3E8
person:satya-nadella:executive_title:13
Executive titleExecutive title: Chief Executive Officer
Source reportedE6Opening announcement paragraph: CEO and board appointments effective immediately
person:satya-nadella:executive_title:14
ExperienceChief Executive Officer at Microsoft Corp (2014-02-04 · current)
Source reportedE10
person:satya-nadella:experience:15

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Coverage

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  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

Monitoring

Continuous

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  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencecorroborated
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Subject and corrections

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Basis
Public role at an organization in the published Registry
Sources
10 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Home address, family, personal contacts, health, and history unrelated to the public role
Profile claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
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Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    MSFT DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Oct 21, 2025. Retrieved Apr 29, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    Microsoft director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Oct 21, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    MSFT 10-K executive officers
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Jul 30, 2025. Retrieved Apr 29, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    Microsoft board of directors announces role changes and quarterly dividend
    Microsoft. company page. Published Jun 16, 2021. Retrieved Sep 15, 2026. Opening announcement paragraph: appointment and effective date. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    Source title not published
    company page. Published Jun 16, 2021. Retrieved Sep 15, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    Microsoft Board names Satya Nadella as CEO
    Microsoft. company page. Published Feb 4, 2014. Retrieved Sep 15, 2026. Opening announcement paragraph: appointment and effective date. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    Source title not published
    company page. Published Feb 4, 2014. Retrieved Sep 15, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  8. E8
    MSFT executive roster source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 5 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  9. E9
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  10. E10
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Open web
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Apr 21, 2026
  • Satya Nadella seat on Microsoft, effective 2021-06-16.
  • Satya Nadella seat on Microsoft, effective 2014-02-04.
  • Satya Nadella executive of Microsoft, effective 2014-02-04.
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  9. Conflicts and accountability1
  10. Other published claims8
  11. Coverage gaps4
  12. Linked records1
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  14. Subject and corrections6
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