Microsoft CEO Signs Book Deal
June 30 2016 - 6:50AM
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Microsoft Corp. CEO Satya Nadella has signed a deal to write his
first book. "Hit Refresh" will focus, in part, on his journey
leading Microsoft through the transition from troubled tech giant
to industry thought leader.
In a conversation with author Walter Isaacson at the Aspen Ideas
Festival on Wednesday, Mr. Nadella described the book as the
"mediations of somebody who is a sitting CEO of a company going
through a pretty cathartic transformation." He added that he aimed
to write about that transition "as I'm going through it."
The book won't be a memoir, Mr. Nadella said. He aims to provide
a guide to the shifts that Microsoft employees, customers and
partners themselves might make.
The book will be published in fall 2017 by Harper Business, a
division of HarperCollins Publishers, owned by News Corp, which
also owns The Wall Street Journal.
The publisher described the book in a press release as following
three story lines: Mr. Nadella's personal journey, the change that
Microsoft is undergoing, and the shift in society that is coming as
"intelligent machines" become ubiquitous.
Mr. Nadella, a cerebral CEO, will write about how "human
qualities like empathy will become more valuable in a world where
the torrent of technology will disrupt like never before,"
according to the press release.
Mr. Nadella became Microsoft CEO in February 2014 as the company
wrestled with strategic missteps in both mobile computing and
internet search technology. He has shifted the company's focus to
cloud computing, helping it step into a new era of information
technology.
He isn't the first Microsoft CEO to write a book. The company's
co-founder and former chief executive Bill Gates has published two,
"The Road Ahead" and "Business@ the Speed of Thought."
Harper Business said that proceeds from Mr. Nadella's book will
be donated to Microsoft Philanthropies to benefit nonprofits.
Write to Jay Greene at Jay.Greene@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 30, 2016 07:35 ET (11:35 GMT)
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