Dwarkesh Patel, an Indian-origin YouTuber has hosted influential figures like Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, and OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever.

He revealed that he had reached out to the Microsoft CEO after discovering that he had signed up as a subscriber for his newsletter.

Another interesting aspect of the exchange between the two was that podcast host Dwarkesh Patel chose to write to Satya Nadella using Microsoft Outlook and not Gmail -- a fact that further amused social media users.

Patel later shared this experience on X, encouraging others to take chances. "Kids, don't underestimate the power of a cold email," he posted, along with snippets from his conversation with Nadella.

Indian-origin YouTuber Dwarkesh Patel's cold email to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella successfully secured the tech leader for his podcast. Patel sent a simple request, "Wanna come to my podcast?" after noticing Nadella's email among his newsletter subscribers, indicating he had listened to an episode.

Podcast host Dwarkesh Patel has interviewed the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever

Indian-origin YouTuber Dwarkesh Patel landed an interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella through a bold yet simple cold email after noticing Nadella subscribed to his newsletter. Nadella quickly responded,

CEO Satya Nadella shared advice for the new employees of Microsoft, a company where he started working about 34 years ago.

Satya Nadella in a recent podcast with Indian YouTuber Dwarkesh Patel also shared a piece of advice for new joiners at Microsoft. He also hoped that the company promotes a positive work culture.