Technology giant Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella has said that Mahatma Gandhi inspires him, both as an Indian and as a global citizen. He added that Gandhi's life, his message and everything that he represented is "so current". On being asked to choose either Sachin Tendulkar or ML Jaisimha, Nadella said, he is a Hyderabadi and therefore will choose Jaisimha.