Satya Nadella

"I think the combination of graduate education in a field like Computer Science and the opportunity to apply this in a work environment like Microsoft is what drove me. The impact these opportunities create can lead to work that has broad, worldwide impact."

"I went through a phase of reading lots of Urdu poetry, thanks to the great transliterated versions that have become available."

"In our business, things look like a failure until they're not. It's pretty binary transitions."

"India for sure is a mobile-first country. But I don't think it will be a mobile-only country for all time. An emerging market will have more computing in their lives, not less computing, as there is more GDP and there is more need. As they grow, they will also want computers that grow from their phone."

"It's not about the failure, it's about learning from the failures. Failure itself cannot be celebrated."

"Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future."

"With all the abundance we have of computers and computing, what is scarce is human attention and time."