Zain, the son of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, died at the age of 26.

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) – Microsoft Corporation announced on Tuesday that Zain Nadella, the son of CEO Satya Nadella and his wife Anu Nadella, had died.

Zain, who was 26 years old and was born with cerebral palsy, died on Monday morning, according to the software company's senior team.

According to the article, the note requested officials to keep the family in their thoughts and prayers while providing them space to grieve quietly. In a blog post from October 2017, the CEO discussed the birth of his son.

"Anu noticed that the baby wasn't moving as much as she was used to during the 36th week of her pregnancy one night. So we went to a local Bellevue hospital's emergency room "In the post, Nadella stated.

"We assumed it would be nothing more than a normal exam, akin to new parent anxieties. In fact, I recall being irritated by the length of time we had to wait in the emergency room. However, after further investigation, the doctors were enough concerned to order an emergency caesarean section "Added he.

Zain was born at 11:29 p.m. on August 13, 1996, weighing three pounds and without crying, according to the CEO.

"Zain was flown across Lake Washington from a Bellevue hospital to Seattle Children's Hospital, which has a state-of-the-art Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Anu started her recuperation from the traumatic birth. I stayed with her at the hospital the night before going to see Zain the next morning. I had no idea how drastically our lives would change at the time "According to Nadella.

"We learned more about the effects of in utero asphyxiation over the next few years, as well as how Zain's severe cerebral palsy would need him to use a wheelchair and rely on us. I was heartbroken. But I was mostly disappointed in how things had ended out for me and Anu " he added.