The Azure Effect: How Satya Nadella Transformed Microsoft into a Cloud Empire Microsoft's recent stock surge has been met with widespread excitement. Behind the 15.
5% share jump lies a transformation that began in 2014, when Satya Nadella took over as CEO. Under his leadership, the company shifted from being a Windows centric behemoth to a cloud computing powerhouse.
The numbers are staggering: Microsoft's stock price increased from $36. 35 to $451. 10, a rise of over 12 times its starting value.