If you invested $1,000 in Microsoft stock 10 years ago, this is how much you would have today

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the largest and most influential technology companies in the world. It is also the most valuable public company in the world, valued at $3.4 trillion. In addition to providing cloud computing services, leading operating systems, and productivity software, the tech giant is also at the forefront of the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.

Strong financial results and emerging opportunities in artificial intelligence have seen the company’s shares perform well recently, with the software giant’s share price rising 34% over the past year.

Even more impressive, the stock has returned more than 1,160% since Satya Nadella became CEO in February 2014. That means if you had invested $1,000 on the day Nadella took over on February 4, 2014, your investment would now be worth more than $12,570.

Nadella worked wonders at Microsoft

Now that Microsoft is riding a wave of success, it’s easy to forget that the company faced serious challenges when Nadella took over as CEO. A series of failed projects and unproductive strategic directions gave the company and its stock a rocky start in the 2010s. But Microsoft has managed to pull off an incredible turnaround.

Nadella led a pivot toward a new strategy focused on subscription services, moving Office and other software from one-time license purchases to subscription sales. That made the company’s sales more reliable and helped boost margins.

He also oversaw the strategic prioritization and development of the company’s Azure cloud infrastructure services. Azure has grown at an incredible pace over the past decade and is now the second largest player in terms of market share, behind only Amazonfrom AWS.

Microsoft’s cloud business is generating strong sales, growing rapidly, and achieving impressive profit margins. It has also helped the company capitalize on emerging AI-driven demand, and the best is likely yet to come.

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