Satya Narayana Nadella is an Indian-born American business executive. He is the executive chairman and CEO of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman.

Satya Nadella Parents: Meet Satya Nadella’s Father Bukkapuram Nadella Yugandhar, And Mother Prabhavati Yugandhar

Satya Narayana Nadella was born on August 19, 1967, in Hyderabad, India into a Telugu-speaking Hindu family.

His mother Prabhavati was a lecturer and his father, Bukkapuram Nadella Yugandhar, was an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1962 batch.

Bukkapuram Nadella Yugandhar

Bukkapuram Nadella Yugandhar was a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who served in the Prime Minister’s Office and the Planning Commission.

He held many key positions both in undivided Andhra Pradesh and at the Centre. Yugandhar was instrumental in the implementation of many schemes designed for the poor and marginalized sections of society.

He was the top bureaucrat in the Rural Development Ministry when PV Narasimha Rao was the Prime Minister. He died in 2019.

Prabhavati Yugandhar

Satya Nadella’s mother Prabhavati Yugandhar was a lecturer at Tirupati’s Padmavathi College.

She died in 2015.