← Back to PeopleSBExecutiveSteve BallmerFormer CEO at USAFactsLinkedInNadella's predecessor whose tenure saw Microsoft stock drop roughly 33% before Nadella's transformation.1Mentions1Articles1OutletsCompanies CoveredAnthropic1Cursor1Gemini1GitHub1Google1LinkedIn1Meta1Microsoft1Mojang1Nvidia1OpenAI1Oracle1Salesforce1SpaceX1ArticlesMost recent firstMentioned InReferenced in coverageCNBC asked whether Nadella can reinvent Microsoft againCNBCcautiousOct 6, 2026“Nadella's predecessor whose tenure saw Microsoft stock drop roughly 33% before Nadella's transformation.”