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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows and has since expanded into areas such as Internet services, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, video gaming, and more. A Big Tech company, Microsoft is the largest software company by revenue, one of the most valuable public companies, and one of the most valuable brands globally. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to market BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the PC operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows. The company's 1986 initial... Wikipedia

  • Type:  Public
  • Traded as:  NASDAQ: MSFT, Nasdaq-100 component, DJIA component, S&P 100 component, S&P 500 component
  • ISIN:  [ ISIN: [ US5949181045]]
  • Industry:  Information technology
  • Predecessor:  Traf-O-Data
  • Founded:  April 04, 1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
  • Founders:  Bill Gates, Paul Allen
  • Area served:  Worldwide
  • Key people:  Satya Nadella (chairman and CEO), Brad Smith (vice chairman and president), Bill Gates (technical adviser) Amy Hood (CFO)
  • Products:  Software development, Computer hardware, Artificial intelligence, Consumer electronics, Social networking service, Cloud computing, Video games, Corporate venture capital
  • Brands:  Windows, Microsoft 365, Teams, Visual Studio, Azure, Xbox, Dynamics, Surface
  • Services:  Edge, Azure, Bing, LinkedIn, Viva Engage, Microsoft 365, OneDrive, Dynamics 365, Outlook, GitHub, Microsoft Store, Windows Update, Game Pass, Xbox network
  • Revenue:  US$331.8 billion(2026)
  • Operating income:  US$155.2 billion(2026)
  • Total assets:  US$758.4 billion(2026)
  • Total equity:  US$442.4 billion(2026)
  • Number of employees:  223,000(2026)
  • Divisions:  Xbox, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Research, Microsoft AI, Windows and Devices Group, Microsoft Cloud, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Industry, Microsoft Business Applications, Microsoft Developer
  • Website:  microsoft.com