Time magazine has named Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella (’90 MS computer science) one of its 100 Most Influential People of 2024. For the magazine’s special 2024 Time100 issue, other leaders in an awardee’s field write about them in a short essay.
Nadella’s essayist is Mellody Hobson, co-CEO and president of Ariel Investments, who knows Nadella. She writes of him: “There’s rightful concern about unintended consequences and misuse [of AI]. That’s why it’s so reassuring that Satya is one of AI’s stewards. His thoughtfulness and humility should make us safer.”
The laurels are piling up for Nadella. In January, CNN Business chose him as its CEO of the Year for 2023, and in July last year, Time put Microsoft on its list of the 100 most influential companies of 2023. More