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Microsoft- Brand of the Month

Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a leading developer of personal computer software systems and applications. Bill Gates and Paull Allen founded it in 1975 means 48 years ago in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. It is in association with LinkedIn, Yammer, Microsoft 365, Azure, Bing, One Drive, and Outlook. com, GitHub, Microsoft Store, Windows update, Xbox network, and Xbox Game Pass. Microsoft Corporation has 221,000 (2022) employees worldwide. It is an American multinational company and is one of the biggest technology software companies in the world.

Microsoft is not only known for its exclusive software, personal computer, and many more services but also for producing consumer electronic items, which has become one of the biggest reasons behind its massive success. This corporation around the world is also known for its Windows operating system and Microsoft Office Suite which are easy to use by their users.

Type Trade

Founded 4 April 1975

Industry Information technology

Organization Microsoft Corporation

Area served Worldwide

Key people Bill Gates (technical advisor)

Satya Nadella ( executive chairman and CEO) Brad Smith (Vice Chairman and President)

ISIN US5949181045

Division Microsoft Research Xbox Game studios

Net income $69.789 Billion

Revenue $203 Billion

Total Assets $359.784 Billion

PE Ratio 2023 25.78

Microsoft Net Worth in Billion

Microsoft has become a brand with a net worth of around $1785 Billion which is a massive figure even one can ever imagine. It has an enormous revenue and market capitalization. Its net worth cannot remain the same as its shares always go higher and higher. The net worth of Microsoft Corporation is 135 Lakh Crore in Indian rupees. In America, Microsoft is counted among the top five biggest IT companies. It is a trillion-dollar company with a brand valuation which is beyond 1 trillion dollars.

Bill Gates’s Net Worth

Bill Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation with Paul Allen has a net worth of $ 114 Billion. He still owns more than 1% of Microsoft shares, the worth of which is around twenty Billion dollars. He is an American billionaire, entrepreneur and author. During the period between 1997 and 2008, Bill Gates was pinned as the richest person in the world.

Microsoft net worth ranking

As per April 2023, Microsoft has a market cap of $2.116 Trillion. This makes Microsoft the world’s second most valuable company.

Companies owned by Microsoft

At present, Seven companies are owned by Microsoft Corporation.

LinkedIn was founded in 2002. It becomes profitable within five years with an annual revenue of about $10.3 billion. Its acquisition price was $27.0 billion. In 2006, LinkedIn was acquired by Microsoft. It became public in the year from 2007 to 2011 and its company number increased from 15 million to more than 100 million. This is a Professional social network site business model focused on helping people cultivate their professional networks.

Skype Technologies S.A.R.L

Skype is a telecommunication application kind of business. It was founded in 2003 and is currently headquartered in Luxembourg. Its acquisition price is $8.5 billion. Skype allows its users to interconnect by audio through the Internet. In the area of Voice over Internet Protocol Skype became a success. Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011.

GitHub

GitHub is a software development type of business. Founded in 2007. Its acquisition price is about $7.5 billion and the date is October 25, 2018. Microsoft obtained this company in 2018. GitHub had outstretched to 30 million developers. It aims to hasten the development and furnishing of more tools and services to new audiences.

aQuantive

aQuantive was founded in 1997. In 2007, Microsoft acquired this company. The main aim of the company is to provide digital marketing services, including consultant services, media planning/buying, and advertising toolsets. Its acquisition price is about $6.3 billion and the date was August 13, 2007.

ZeniMax Media

ZeniMax Media is a video game publisher that creates and publishes original interactive entertainment content for mobile devices, PCs, and consoles. It was founded in 1999 and was a Video game publisher type of business. The Acquisition date is March 9, 2021, and it is priced at $7.5 billion in cash.

Mojang

Mojang was founded in 2009. Microsoft acquired this company in 2014. It aims to provide best- selling games of all time. Mojang is a Video game studio type of business. The acquisition price of it is $2.5 billion on the date of September 15, 2014. Its game is played on the window and Xbox platforms, PlayStation, iOS, and more.

Nuance Communication

Nuance Communication was founded in 1992. It is a foremost provider of conventional AI cloud-based clinical intelligence for healthcare suppliers. Initially, it was known as Visioneer Inc. but later on, in the year 2005 the company changed its name to Nuance Communication. This is a Conversational AI solution type of business. Nuance’s Acquisition date is March 4, 2022, and its price is $19.7 billion in cash. It provides clinical speech recognition software built on Microsoft’s cloud platform.

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Microsoft- Brand of the Month