Microsoft

Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses software, and supports a wide range of computer-related products and services. The company was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4, 1975. In terms of revenue, Microsoft is the largest software manufacturer in the world. Microsoft has also been called "one of the most valuable companies in the world".

Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. The company's stock, after its initial public offering, skyrocketed in value and created four billionaires. and 12,000 millionaires in the company. Since the 1990s, the company has diversified into operating system products and made numerous corporate acquisitions, most notably the merger of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in December 2016 and Skype Technologies. with $8.5 billion in May 2011. The company also provides a variety of computer and server software to individual users and businesses, including the Internet search engine (with Bing), the market. digital services (with MSN), mixed reality (HoloLens), cloud computing (Azure) and software development environments (Visual Studio).

Website: https://www.microsoft.com/