Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella named most influential tech exec

By | May 27, 2015

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Microsoft (MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella beat out such tech icons as Amazon.com (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos and Tesla Motors (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk to be named the most influential executive in the tech industry, according to a ranking by Juniper Research. Juniper picked Nadella for its highly subjective top 10 list based on his moves to transform Microsoft to a mobile and cloud computing company from one centered on PCs. Juniper based its tech leader rankings on its assessment of eight key criteria such as “vision, innovation and personal capital.” It announced the rankings on Wednesday. The research firm said Nadella’s implementation of “Windows-as-a-Service” represented a fundamental change to Microsoft’s business model, resulting in a very different process of development at the Redmond, Wash.-based software company. For second place, Juniper chose Apple’s (AAPL) newly appointed Chief Design Officer Jony Ive. Juniper said Ive’s design of the Apple Watch is the… Scalper1 News

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