Satya Nadella just showed why he’s a better CEO than Elon Musk

In the past month, two major tech companies announced surprising deals.
The first - Microsoft’s $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn. The second - Tesla’s $2.8 billion purchase of SolarCity. 
Both LinkedIn and SolarCity as stocks have struggled this year, making them interesting acquisition targets. LinkedIn was down 40% before the deal, while SolarCity had dropped 60%.
In addition, though they have very different price tags, as a percentage of market cap, the two deals are relat