Satya Nadella: The View from Microsoft's CEO Seat

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, California —Standing backstage at the Re/code Code Conference on Thursday night next to actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Microsoft CEO said it was pretty surreal.

"I was backstage with your mystery guest, [and thought] god, this is crazy: from the dusty cricket pitches of the Deccan Plateau is quite a journey I must say," Nadella told Re/code's Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg.

Nadella, who was born in India, said he never dreamed of a life like this, "I grew up not even having the ambition to get to the west of Bombay," he joked. But Nadella did make it to the U.S., first to Wisconsin and, eventually Microsoft where's he's been for the last 22 years. "I've pretty much grown up at Microsoft," said Nadella. Read more...