Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets $30M raise — while company fired nearly 2,500 workers

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was awarded a $30 million pay raise — 63% more than what he earned last year — even as the Windows maker slashed its workforce by 2,500 people. Stock awards for Nadella, who earned $48.5 million in 2023, climbed to about $71 million from $39 million a year earlier, according an SEC filing. The raise comes after Microsoft shed 1,900 people from its gaming workforce following the company's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Satya Nadella offered to take a pay cut becau ...