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Satya Nadella — Board Member Accountability Profile

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Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Executive Director Role: Chairman & CEO, Board of Directors, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Board Tenure: 2014 – present (Chairman since 2021) Committee Memberships: None (Executive capacity) Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)

> Basis for Inclusion: Satya Nadella holds documented executive and governance authority as Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation, which made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while the corporation faced regulatory and policy decisions directly affecting its financial interests. As the highest-ranking executive director with board chairmanship, Nadella holds ultimate fiduciary and operational responsibility for Microsoft’s political spending decisions. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.

> Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Executive Director. Board membership and executive role are matters of public record (SEC filings, proxy statements). This profile documents only the governance role and its connection to documented corporate political activity.

> What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Nadella’s personal political opinions, party affiliation, public statements, or any protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion. The basis is solely the documented executive and directorial role and its fiduciary connection to corporate political spending documented in the parent corporate donor profile.

Biographical Overview

Satya Narayana Nadella (born August 19, 1967, Hyderabad, India) is the Chairman and CEO of Microsoft Corporation, the world’s second-largest publicly traded company by market capitalization. Nadella joined Microsoft in 1992 and held progressively senior roles including head of Online Services and Executive Vice President of Cloud and Enterprise before becoming CEO in February 2014. He was appointed Chairman of the Board in June 2021.

Under Nadella’s leadership, Microsoft’s market capitalization grew from approximately $300 billion in 2014 to over $3 trillion by 2024, driven by the Azure cloud platform and major AI investments including a multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI. Nadella holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Nadella’s personal compensation from Microsoft was approximately $79 million for fiscal year 2024, primarily in stock awards. He is the author of Hit Refresh (2017).

Board Role and Governance Authority

  • Company: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)
  • Board tenure: 2014 – present
  • Board role: Chairman (since 2021), CEO (since 2014)
  • Committee assignments: None (executive director; does not serve on standing committees per governance best practices)
  • Compensation (FY2024): Approximately $79 million total compensation

Other Current Board Memberships

  • Starbucks Corporation (SBUX) — former director; departed 2022

Parent Corporate Donor Profile

This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the Microsoft corporate donor profile, which documents the corporation’s political spending, pending government business, and favorable outcomes under the Trump administration.

Sources

  • Microsoft Corporation DEF 14A Proxy Statement, filed October 21, 2025 (annual meeting December 5, 2025)
  • SEC EDGAR filing: Microsoft Corporation (CIK 789019)
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