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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is all set to get a raise that a lot of people will envy this appraisal season. The CEO is getting an increase because of his contribution in taking the company forward in the artificial intelligence domain. As per the proxy, Nadella's complete compensation for 2025 has sky rocketed by 22 per cent, from 79.1 million to $96.5 million. His compensation is around Rs 847.31 crore according to the local Indian currency. This shows that the stock performance of Microsoft has been amazing this year. For those who are unaware, majority of Nadella's salary comes from stocks worth over $84 million. This clearly means that Nadella is deeply connected to the market growth of Microsoft. The CEO also received more than $9.5 million in cash incentives. However, the base salary of Nadella remains the same which is a very minute share in the total. And his pay package is heavily performance linked and Microsoft's stock are up by 23 percent this year. In the past three years, Microsoft shares have crossed double its value making, the position of the company tight in the market as a strong player. Microsoft Stocks Price Rise: What Did they Do Right Microsoft has been riding the AI wave at full throttle and has made some of the most intriguing investment in this period. This worked as a major factor contributing in the surge of Microsoft's share prices. As of now, Microsoft offers Ai integration via the Microsoft 365 Copilot tools. Previously on the July earning reports suggested that company witnessed an year-to-year growth of 18 percent. However, not everything with Microsoft is going smooth as we have seen. The company faced a lot of criticism because of its constant layoffs in different campuses. If the stats are considered, the company let go around 150000 employees this year to shift most of its focus and financed on the development of artificial intelligence. Get Latest News live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Technology Science and around the world.
