CEO ATYA NADELLA
1975
YEAR FOUNDED
HQ
REDMOND WASHINGTON
03 Microsoft
US $ 125.3bn
115
Since its founding in 1975 , Microsoft has been striving to transform the way that people live , work , play , and connect through technology . “ We are inspired every day by the genuine belief that we can change the world for the better ”, it says . Microsoft ’ s journey began in Albuquerque with Bill Gates and Paul Allen developing software for the Altair 8800 , under the name Micro-Soft , for microprocessors and software . In 1980 , Gates and Allen struck a deal with IBM to provide the operating system for the company ’ s first personal computer . In 1985 , Microsoft released Windows and by the late 1980s , the company was one of the world ’ s largest personal-computer software companies .
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