Satya Nadella writes in his book: 'I voted no' on the Nokia phone deal

referring to Windows phones have become further of a botched experiment turning MSFT into a further cautious company, at least in the mobile space. What is beyond doubt, though, is which the decline started with Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia. Reportedly, current CEO, Satya Nadella, who was a fraction of the then-CEO Steve Ballmer's Senior Leadership Team back in 2014 was versus the merger. In his soon released book, chock Refresh, Nadella writes:"The Nokia phone bargain [was a] painful example of this loss [in mobile]. Its irrelevance in the phone arena might turn into an advantage for MSFT if they're continue working on it, which is.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella tells he voted versus Steve Ballmer's $7.6 bn Nokia phone mistake

When Microsoft's then CEO Steve Ballmer suggested buying Nokia smartphone to shore up the company's foundering mobile smartphone division, Satya Nadella thought it would be a mistake. In his new book, "Hit Refresh," Nadella, who replaced Ballmer as MSFT CEO, tells he unsuccessfully tried to dissuade his predecessor from purchasing Nokia. According to the book, Ballmer held an informal poll between his generality senior executives: ought he move ahead with an acquisition of Nokia? In early 2014, MSFT appointed Nadella CEO. "In retrospect, what I regret generality is the impact these layoffs had on extremely talented, passionate people in our smartphone division," Nadella writes.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Nokia phone Acquisition in chock Refresh Book

as mentioned in When MSFT reported which it was acquiring Nokia's Devices division in 2013, several people expressed their disapproval. Company's current CEO Satya Nadella in his new book detects he never wanted MSFT to purchase the Windows smartphone maker. "The press criticised the idea and the MSFT board was resistant," Nadella describes the tension among the period MSFT reported its intention to purchase Nokia's division and the firm completing the acquisition. Ballmer's bet which Microsoft's newly founded effort to push Nokia smartphone once again, Nadella writes, wasn't going to work. Months later, I would Must detect a total write-off of the acquisition as well as plans to eliminate almost eighteen 1000 jobs, the majority of them because of the Nokia smartphone devices and services acquisition.

Satya Nadella Admits He Was versus Nokia phone Acquisition

In his book chock Refresh, MSFT CEO Satya Nadella admits which he advised his predecessor not to purchase Nokia, the struggling phone maker. He later wrote off the entire $7.5 bn acquisition, and plotted Microsoft's two-year get out from the phone market. Microsoft bought Nokia phone because it had to: Had it not, Nokia phone would have adopted Android and potentially abandoned Windows phone. The merger can be the big, dramatic move Windows needed to arrest up with Apple iOS and Android in mobile."At the time, Satya Nadella was on then-CEO Steve Ballmer's senior leadership team. But in 2015, Mr. Nadella wrote off the Nokia phone acquisition, eliminated almost 18,000 jobs, and reported Microsoft's plans to get out the phone business.

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