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<ul><li><keyword id="10387" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Microsoft">Microsoft</keyword>, the world’s most valuable company, is reportedly mulling over investing $2 billion in <keyword id="3820" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mukesh-Ambani">Mukesh Ambani</keyword>’s <keyword id="6354504" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="reliance-jio">Reliance Jio</keyword> for a 2.5% stake.</li><li>The two companies already have a partnership in place with Microsoft’s cloud solution, Azure, hosting Reliance Jio’s data on its servers in India. </li><li>During a fireside chat in February Ambani told Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella that there is an opportunity for the two companies to enable India’s MSMEs with toolsets and data sets to propel India forward.</li></ul>Mukesh Ambani has been picking up investments left-and-right during as the coronavirus pandemic takes a swipe at the economy. Now, the world’s most valuable company — Microsoft — may be looking to grab a piece of the pie. It’s looking to put in as much as $2 billion to pick up a 2.5% stake in Reliance Jio, according to sources that spoke to <a href="https://m.hindustantimes.com/business-news/now-microsoft-eyes-stake-in-jio/story-AFLHYwozmBPB0L6Y3ffzyI_amp.html">Hindustan Times.</a> If the deal comes through, this will be the sixth <keyword id="9237123" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="investment-in-reliance-jio">investment in Reliance Jio</keyword> from a US-based company. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none; width: 468pt; table-layout: fixed;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Company </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Stake </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Facebook </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">9.9% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Silver Lake </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">1.15% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">Vista Equity </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2.23% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">General Atlantic </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">1.34% </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">KKR </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 1pt;border-top:solid #000000 1pt;vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;">2.23% </td></tr></tbody></table> The investment will also go a long way to aid Reliance Jio’s plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in the US, which is planned over the next 12 to 24 months, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-26/ambani-is-said-to-prepare-facebook-backed-unit-for-overseas-ipo">Bloomberg</a>. For Microsoft, it will be an indirect path to facing off against the likes of Amazon, Walmart and Alphabet with the Ambani-owned enterprise’s access to India’s huge consumer market. Right now, Reliance Jio is India’s largest telecom company with over 387 million subscribers as of May 1. <div type="image" title="Microsoft-CEO-Satya-Nadella-3-800x533_edited" msid="76057979" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella&amp;#39;s first visit to India&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Microsoft and Reliance Jio already have a history of friendship The two companies already have a partnership in place with Microsoft’s cloud platform, Azure, hosting Reliance Jio’s data on its servers in India, which was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/reliance-jio-fired-up-as-mukesh-ambani-joins-hands-with-satya-nadellas-microsoft-to-challenge-jeff-bezos-in-india/articleshow/70641754.cms">announced in August 2019</a>. “Out long term partnership combines the power of Azure, Azure AI and Office 365 with Jio’s connectivity and digital solutions, which are among the most used and fast growing in the world,” said Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella at the time. <div type="image" title="mukeshnadella_edited" msid="76057801" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Reliance Industries&amp;#39; chairman Mukesh Ambani and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the fireside chat in Feburary 2020&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> The relationship between the two grew during a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/microsoft-top-boss-satya-nadellas-conversation-with-mukesh-ambani-asias-richest-man/articleshow/74278962.cms">fireside chat in February</a>. “Our opportunity between Jio and Microsoft is to give them [MSMEs] full service, to make sure that they are fully enabled with all the toolsets and data sets. Because the mindset exists to really propel India forward. And, that is an even bigger opportunity than the consumer piece that we have been in the last few years,” Ambani told Nadella. Reliance Jio is increasing the pace of investments In the past month, over five investments have been finalised for Reliance Jio with 17.1% of the company now our of Ambani’s hands as he looks to recuperate on his investment and drum down the debt of Reliance Industries — Reliance Jio’s parent company. Some speculate that India’s richest man is betting on the tech war between the US and China to beef up his own balance sheet. A US-based IPO would give Reliance Jio and its new partners a better valuation than the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). <div type="image" title="Mukesh Ambani" msid="76057875" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Mukesh Ambani is looking to reduce Reliance Industries&amp;#39; debt by building up the pace of investments in Reliance Jio&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> Through JioMart, Reliance Retail’s little brother in e-commerce, Ambani has plans to use Reliance Jio’s network to bring India’s mom-and-pop stores into the digital era. Yesterday, May 27, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/reliance-launches-jiomart-across-200-cities-analysts-say-co-eyeing-spike-in-online-grocery-orders/articleshow/76000502.cms">JioMart went live across 200 Indian cities</a>. “The national roll-out provides customers with a useful alternative to existing players like BigBasket and Grofers as online grocery orders have spiked [during the lockdown], give the fewer store visits,” said Credit Suisse. Microsoft’s investment may not top what Facebook’s $5.2 billion buy-in earlier in May and nothing is set in stone. A second source told HT that there is no guarantee that the investment will go through. It’s not just Microsoft but other international investors, including Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) that are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/mukesh-ambani-may-not-be-done-selling-stake-in-jio-even-after-one-sixth-of-the-telco-is-already-out-of-his-hands/articleshow/75892898.cms">looking to buy up stake</a>. Mubadala, a sovereign wealth fund, is reportedly mulling over investing $1.2 billion in Jio, sources told FT. PIF is looking at a potential investment of $1.5 billion, according to Bloomberg. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/news/sbi-axis-bank-and-kotak-mahindra-bank-and-other-banking-stocks-are-raising-capital-to-fill-npa-hole/articleshow/76054599.cms">Indian lenders like SBI, Axis Bank and others need $20 billion⁠ in capital— most of it will go into filling up NPA holes</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/careers/news/at-least-7-leading-multinationals-are-hiring-data-scientists-during-the-lockdown-in-india/articleshow/76037075.cms">At least 7 leading multinationals are hiring data scientists during the lockdown in India</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/news/boeing-restarted-737-max-production-just-hours-after-saying-it-would-lay-off-thousands-of-workers/articleshow/76052426.cms">Boeing restarted 737 Max production just hours after saying it would lay off thousands of workers</a>

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<ul><li>Nadella is the third person to become Microsoft’s CEO after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. </li><li>He authored a book titled ‘Hit Refresh’ which talks about his life and career. </li><li>Here are a few interesting and lesser known <keyword id="8832923" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="facts-about-Satya-Nadella">facts about Satya Nadella</keyword>.</li></ul>Ascending to great heights in his career, <keyword id="276564" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Satya-Nadella">Satya Nadella</keyword> became the CEO of Microsoft in 2014, succeeding Steve Ballmer. Before taking up this responsibility, he was the executive vice-president of the cloud and enterprise segment of Microsoft that is responsible for constructing and administering the firm’s computing platform. Birth and education Satya Nadella was born in Hyderabad and hails from a Telugu speaking family. His father Nadella Yugandhar was a civil servant of the 1962 batch and worked for the Indian Administrative Service. Satya Nadella did his schooling in Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet and then got his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology. He studied M.S. in Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. He too has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Career of Satya Nadella After working for Sun Microsystems as a member of its technology staff, Nadella joined Microsoft in 1992. At Microsoft, Nadella pioneered some significant projects like moving the company to cloud computing and launching one of the largest cloud infrastructures in the world. He played the crucial role of bringing Microsoft’s database, windows server and developer tools under its Azure cloud. After helping generate billions in profit in two years between 2011 and 2013, he received a pay of $84.5 million in 2016. CEO of Microsoft Nadella was declared the CEO of Microsoft in 2014. He was the third executive in the company to occupy this position after Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. After holding the reins of the company, Nadella brought a great degree of openness in Microsoft’s working with other companies and technologies. He changed the company’s mission statement to "empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more". Microsoft’s acquisitions and phenomenal growth Under Nadella, Microsoft went in for a few successful acquisitions. The first of its kind was that of Mojang, a Swedish game company popularly known for the game Minecraft in 2014 in a deal worth $2.5 billion. In 2016, the company purchased Xamarin and LinkedIn followed by the acquisition of GitHub in 2018. Under his leadership, Microsoft’s stock tripled in value in 2018 and the annual growth rate was 27%. A number of reviews by the employees of the firm called Nadella the best CEO of a large company in the US. Family of Satya Nadella Satya Nadella married Anupama, the daughter of his father’s friend and also his junior at Manipal who did her B.Arch at the Faculty of Architecture. They have a son and two daughters. They live in Clyde Hill and Bellevue, Washington. Interests and hobbies o f Satya Nadella Nadella loves American and Indian poetry. He also likes cricket. He and his wife Anupama together are part of the ownership group of Seattle Sounders FC, a Major League Soccer club. He has also authored a book titled Hit Refresh which talks about his life and career. See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/microsoft-top-boss-satya-nadellas-conversation-with-mukesh-ambani-asias-richest-man/articleshow/74278962.cms">Sathya Nadella conversation with Mukesh Ambani</a> I<a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/10-interesting-facts-about-ratan-tata-that-you-should-know/articleshow/69914798.cms">nteresting facts about Ratan Tata</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/interesting-facts-about-oyo-founder-ritesh-agarwal/articleshow/70417612.cms">Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal</a>

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