Wedbush's Dan Ives praised Microsoft's Q3 performance, calling it "Picasso-like" and calling Satya Nadella a "grandmaster chess player." ...

We rented a mansion… to play chess. Posted: November 28, 2024 | Last updated: March 6, 2025. ... Bill Gates says Satya Nadella was ‘almost’ passed over for Microsoft CEO role.

Satya Nadella has strengthened Microsoft by snapping up Sam Altman amid the ongoing drama at OpenAI. That's the view of many tech-industry folk who have been lining up to praise his strategy.

Ten years in as CEO, Nadella has turned Microsoft into the world’s most valuable company and one of the top players in AI.