his only two things are work and family but i am not rudely shocked though everybody knows that he was extremely close to ramalinga raju said a mid level satyam manager summing up the reactions of insiders to murtys appointment asm is also credited with building the satyam leadership centre and its model i remember when executives would refuse to stay in satyam guest houses and only go to hotels in bangalore and other locations what has now become part of satyams folklore now is also how murti known to all as asm once stayed at a fivestar hotel in bangalore and was shocked by the bill his choice as the ceo of satyam in these times is seen by some as titular with others wielding the real power if not anything else he is the consensus candidate and the man for the moment others also describe him as meticulous very hardworking focused on work and a mentor to a lot of people i cant believe my ears hyderabad he is a consensus leader he realised we were spending too much money on the senior management and started the guest house practice for everybody shares another senior satyam official at a time when satyam is in a severe cash crunch another quality of murty is expected to come in handy he joined satyam in 1994 when the company did not even have 100 employees the choice of a s murty as the new ceo of satyam was marked by disbelief an engineer from the regional engineering college at warangal who further studied at the indian institute of science at bangalore murty started his career in 1981 with the tata consultancy services he knows each and every individual at satyams senior levels including their strengths and weaknesses he was the first one to check into the guest house and ensure others followed suit says an exsatyamite he brings around everybody and does not work in restricted groups stresses a senior executive who has worked with him his is just focused with no known hobbies said somebody who knows him well but what he is asm as a human being in fact murtys fifteen years in satyam has been marked by lack of any kind of controversy although he is reputed to know the dna of the company the new ceo is extremely cost conscious his long years have helped in seeing the innards of satyam and also becoming a confidante of raju a collegue of his said