TIMES OF INDIA: Chandrababu Naidu has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the fourth time. Naidu, who first assumed the role in 1995, is renowned for his pivotal role in transforming Hyderabad into an IT hub, including the establishment of a Microsoft office in the city in 1998.
During one of his previous public meetings, he reminisced about his meeting with Bill Gates, despite the Microsoft co-founder’s demanding schedule.At the AP AgTech Summit in 2017, Naidu recalled how he managed to get an appointment with Bill Gates.
- TIMES OF INDIA: Gates was in New Delhi on some work. I contacted the officials of the United States for an appointment. They told me that he was very busy, and that if I was keen I could attend a cocktail party in the evening,” he said.The meeting was supposed to last 10 minutes but it stretched for 40 minutes, and in that time, the CM convinced Gates to set up an office in Hyderabad.“Not only Microsoft opened its development centre in Hyderabad but Satya Nadella who is from our place became Microsoft CEO,” Naidu added.
- What Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said
Gates then purportedly told him that whenever Microsoft wished to open their centre outside of the US, they would consider Naidu’s request. Naidu made a presentation through a laptop then and "was the first Indian politician to do so.”
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