Bill Gates 'very excited' about new CEO Satya Nadella

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said he is "very excited" about the choice of Satya Nadella as the firm's new chief executive.

Indian-born Mr Nadella is currently Microsoft's head of Cloud and Enterprise, which builds and runs the firm's computing platforms and developer tools.

Speaking in a video posted on the firm's YouTube channel, Mr Gates said; "Satya has the right background".

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