India, Oct. 22 -- Satya Nadella's salary has jumped to the highest since he became Microsoft Corp.'s chief executive officer more than a decade ago, thanks to the progress the company has seen in AI.

The India-born CEO will draw a salary of $96.5 million in Fiscal 2025 versus $79.1 million in Fiscal 2024, after quarterly results "demonstrate that Satya Nadella and his leadership team have positioned Microsoft as a clear AI leader for this generational technology shift", the company wrote in a note to shareholders included in a regulatory filing released Tuesday.

About 90% of Nadella's compensation, which includes a $2.5 million salary, is in Microsoft shares, the company said in the filing. He became Microsoft's third CEO in 2014.

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