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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, a UW-Milwaukee alumnus, has been named CEO of the Year in what a Forbes columnist calls \u201cthe cloud wars.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nadella earned his master\u2019s degree in computer science from UWM in 1990.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Cloud Wars Top 10 is a weekly ranking system created by Forbes tech columnist Bob Evans to classify the large-scale tech companies that \u201care doing the best job of aligning their cloud technology to the rapidly evolving needs of businesses,\u201d according to Evans\u2019 Forbes.com biography.<\/p>\n

Evans cited Nadella\u2019s success<\/a> in turning around a troubled Microsoft in the less than four years since Nadella was named CEO. Microsoft\u2019s market cap has more than doubled in that time, and the company has been the top-rated enterprise-cloud vendor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd without question, the person most responsible for that extraordinary turnaround, transformation, rejuvenation, re-imagining, overhaul, restoration, resurrection, and near-miracle reversal is the eloquent and passionate Nadella,\u201d Evans wrote.<\/p>\n

After graduating from UWM, where he was also a graduate teaching assistant, Nadella moved to Chicago and pursued an MBA at the University of Chicago. He joined Microsoft in 1992 as a program manager and rose through the ranks. He visited UWM in 2013, when he was given the Chancellor\u2019s Innovation Award.<\/p>\n

Nadella became Microsoft\u2019s CEO<\/a> on Feb. 4, 2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer.<\/p>\n

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