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Business Movers

Taking Microsoft Into the Cloud | Culture Eats Strategy | 4

Business Movers

Wondery

Entrepreneurship, Business, History

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

As Satya prepares for some of Microsoft’s most ambitious launches yet, the CEO finds a new set of challenges and pressures waiting for him, both in and out of the office.

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0:31.0

It's 2014 and the parking lot of Seattle's Children's Hospital early into Satya's tenure as Microsoft CEO.

0:40.0

Satya quickly pulls into a parking space and strides toward the hospital's entrance.

0:46.0

As he walks, he tries to push work from his mind. He's not here as CEO, he's here as a father.

0:53.0

After his son Zane was born with cerebral palsy, the children's hospital became a second home to the Nendellas.

1:00.0

As Zane grew up, his health issues intensified.

1:03.0

He's now legally blind and affected by spastic quadriplegia.

1:07.0

As a result, doctors appointments and ICU visits are routine.

1:12.0

As Satya enters the hospital, he walks to the elevator and heads up to the intensive care unit where his son currently resides.

1:20.0

As Satya steps out of the elevator, he spots his wife Anu outside one of the rooms down the hall, speaking with the doctor.

1:27.0

As Satya walks over, his wife looks up at him.

1:30.0

Satya, there you are.

1:32.0

Sainzian is room now. How is he? A little better, but he'll be here for a while longer.

1:39.0

Satya appears inside the room and sees the figure of his sleeping son surrounded by medical equipment.

1:45.0

So okay for me to go in? I don't want to wake him up. Now it should be fine. I was just in there.

1:51.0

I don't think he's going to wake up easily.

1:53.0

Satya softly walks into the dim room and takes the seat closest to Zane's bedside.

1:59.0

He reaches out and gently grabs his son's hand, listening to the soft buzzing and beeping of the medical devices of the room.

2:07.0

Satya tries not to think about work, but even in this moment he can't help himself.

2:12.0

He notices the technology in the room that's connected to his son.

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