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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. [2] Founded in 1975, the company became highly influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and the company has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, video gaming and other fields.
Microsoft Build (often stylised as //build/) is an annual conference event held by Microsoft, aimed at software engineers and web developers using Windows, Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft technologies.
On June 4, 2018, Microsoft acquired the popular code repository site GitHub for $7.5 billion (~$8.96 billion in 2023) in Microsoft stock. [25] On September 21, 2020, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire ZeniMax Media and all its subsidiaries for $7.5 billion (~$8.7 billion in 2023). The acquisition was completed on March 9, 2021.
All data in the table is taken from the Fortune Global 500 list of technology sector companies for 2023 [2] unless otherwise specified. As of 2023, Fortune lists Amazon (revenue of $513.98 billion), Jingdong ($155.53 billion), and Alibaba ($126.81 billion) in the retailing sector rather than the technology sector. [3]
Rank Organization Sales (B$) FY Market cap (B$) Headquarters 1 Microsoft: 211 2023 3,148 Redmond, Washington, US : 2 Google: 282.11 2023 2,170 Mountain View, California, US : 3
This list has all global annual earnings of all time, limited to earnings of more than $40 billion in "real" (i.e. CPI adjusted) value. Note that some record earning may be caused by nonrecurring revenue, like Vodafone in 2014 (disposal of its interest in Verizon Wireless) [1] or Fannie Mae in 2013 (benefit for federal income taxes).
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Microsoft formally launches its International Division and sets up subsidiaries in Europe and elsewhere, finding local agents to handle its business interests [4] 1982: November: Products: Microsoft releases Microsoft Flight Simulator version 1.0, and marks the beginning of one of the longest-running PC video game series of all time. 1983 ...