What do new Nokia and Microsoft CEOs have in common

Finnish telecommunications gear maker Nokia on 29 April 2014 said its India-origin  employee Rajeev Suri will become its new chief executive from May 1.

Suri, who has been with Nokia since 1995, successfully turned around the loss-making networks unit in 2012.

Suri, in a video posted on the company's website, said there was plenty of scope for expansion. "I have been with Nokia for almost 20 years, and the opportunities ahead of us are as great as I have ever seen," he said.

"Rajeev is the right person to lead the company forward," Nokia Chairman Risto Siilasmaa said in a statement. "He has a proven ability to create strategic clarity, drive innovation and growth, ensure disciplined execution, and deliver results." Suri seen shaking hands with Siilasmaa in the picture.

A glaring similarity between the two is that both are Indian-origin techies. On the education front too, Nadella and Suri share a common link. Suri is a 1989 batch passout from Manipal Institute of Technology, near Mangalore in Karnataka. The new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella also graduated from the same institute in 1988.