Satya Nadella becomes CEO Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) 11 years ago this month. At the time, he took over a software giant whose window operating system was eclipsed by the rise of smartphones.

But it is Nadella's emphasis on the once-critical Windows operating system that reduces Microsoft Stock. Thanks to his leadership, Microsoft once again played a relevant role in the tech industry, which has benefited shareholders of SaaS stocks a lot.

If you invested $1,000 in Microsoft when you were CEO on February 4, 2014, these stocks will now be worth more than $11,100. If you include dividends, that value rises to around $13,500.

Nadella's rise took over as CEO position when stocks fell during the 14-year tenure of Steve Ballmer. At that time, Microsoft suffered losses after the rise of smartphones, reducing demand for PCs, which reduced its dominance in Windows operating systems.

Nadella previously served as executive vice president of Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Group. When Nadella became CEO, Nadella took advantage of the success of this business area, highlighting cloud computing and reducing focus on the operating system by disabling Windows Mobile OS. These moves proved successful as its Azure cloud platform became a leading competitor Amazon Web services in the cloud computing industry.

Nadella has also made some notable acquisitions, including commercial social media platform LinkedIn and gaming giant Activision Blizzard. In addition, it acquired Github, which was recently responsible for the development of Microsoft's artificial intelligence (AI) platform Copilot.

In the case of such developments, Microsoft successfully restored its title to the world's largest public trading company, whichever is market capitalization. Even if it isn't necessarily the title of the world's largest company, its stock earnings are unlikely to end as soon as possible after cementing its leadership in multiple software segments.

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