Microsoft

Microsoft ranked 5th in the list of largest tech companies. It is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington; specializes in the development, production, sales of software copyrights and support for 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. It has also been called "one of the most valuable companies in the world".

Founded to develop the BASIC interpreter software for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. The company's stock after its release. The initial launch to the market increased in price rapidly and created 4 billionaires and 12,000 millionaires in the company. Since the 1990s, the company has diversified into operating system products and made many 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 for individual users and businesses, including the Internet search engine (with Bing), the marketplace. digital services (with MSN), mixed reality (HoloLens), cloud (Azure) and software development environments (Visual Studio).

Revenue: $143.01 Billion

Market cap: $2.168 Trillion

Founded: April 4, 1975

Website: https://www.microsoft.com/vi-vn