Did Google's Sundar Pachai, Bump Microsoft's Satya Nadella From The Top of The CEO List?

The CEO gig may not be as locked up by Satya Nadella who most believe will be named CEO of the software giant as previously thought. According to reports out this morning, another candidate is said to be on the final list. Sundar Pichai, currently a Senior VP at Google who oversees Android, is said to have possibly bumped Mr. Nadella from the top of the list.

In a post on January 31, John Furrier, founder of the blog SiliconAngle.com said his media company had "confirmed" that Pichai was the top choice, citing unnamed sources close to the hiring team. Negotiations were on in earnest with Pichai, Furrier wrote. Pichai, a senior vicepresident at Google, caught media attention in India when the portfolio of Google products he headed was expanded to include Android, the world's most popular smartphone software. 

Nadella, who has been with Microsoft 12 years longer than Pichai at Google, is as clued in on the enormity of the challenge that faces Microsoft and the complexities involved, as cloud computing takes centre stage. Last year, Nadella acknowledged that there was a "tectonic shift" that modern enterprises were going through and that a key part of this would be "transforming IT to be much more people-centric."

source: etimes