In a year fueled by artificial intelligence, CNN Business chose Microsoft’s Satya Nadella (’90 MS Computer Science) as its CEO of the Year for 2023, beating out Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
After making a multi-billion-dollar investment in AI last year, Nadella was the first to commercialize and add AI tools like ChatGPT into its product line, influencing the commercial direction of AI, according to the CNN judging panel.
“There’s no question 2023 was the year of AI,” Nadella told CNN in an emailed response. “We’re no longer just talking about innovation in the abstract; we’re seeing real product-making, deployment and productivity gains. At the end of the day, though, this innovation will only be useful if it’s empowering all of us in our careers, in our communities, in our countries.”
The CNN Business’ team of writers and editors began singling out a CEO whose executive performance stood out in 2018. Read more.