Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the world’s largest software company. Its products include operating systems, productivity applications, cloud-based solutions, software development tools, video games and computer devices. The company also owns the professional networking site LinkedIn and the developer portal GitHub. Sales outside the United States accounted for almost half the company’s revenues in the 2019 fiscal year. It has operations centres in the United States, Ireland and Singapore. Microsoft Azure is a leading cloud provider with data centres throughout the world.
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- Headquarters
- Redmond, WA, USA
- Ownership structure
- Publicly listed
- Fiscal year
- Ends 30 June
- Group revenue
- US$125,843 million (FY2019)
- Group employees
- 144,000 (FY2019)
- Website
- https://www.microsoft.com