Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Microsoft has made several big acquisitions in the past decade under CEO Satya Nadella.
  • Satya Nadella has orchestrated a slew of acquisitions at Microsoft since becoming CEO in 2014.
  • He laid out his criteria for possible acquisitions at Axel Springer's annual award ceremony Tuesday.
  • His remarks come on the heels of Microsoft closing its $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal.

Satya Nadella has closed a number of deals for Microsoft in his tenure as CEO, and he says there are two key factors he considers when eyeing possible acquisitions.