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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. [2] Its best-known software products are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications, the Azure cloud computing platform and the Edge web browser.
On 1 July 2024, Steve Ballmer surpassed Bill Gates to become the sixth-richest person in the world, driven by a 21% rise in Microsoft shares. Ballmer's $157.2 billion net worth, mostly in Microsoft stock, exceeded Gates's $156.7 billion, which is diversified and heavily donated to philanthropy. [108]
Wake Forest University. University of Virginia. Occupation (s) Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft. Kevin Scott (born 1972) is chief technology officer at Microsoft. [1] He was previously Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at LinkedIn from February 2011 to January 2017. [2][3]
He co-founded Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which was followed by the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Allen was ranked as the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death in October 2018. [2] [3]
Dave Plummer. David William Plummer (born 1968) is a Canadian-American programmer and entrepreneur. He created the Task Manager for Windows, the Space Cadet Pinball ports to Windows NT, Zip file support for Windows, [citation needed] HyperCache [2] for the Amiga and many other software products. He has been issued six patents in the software ...
From 1995 to 2017, he held the title of the wealthiest person in the world every year except in 2008 and from 2010 to 2013. In 1999, he became the first ever centibillionaire when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. Since leaving day-to-day operations at Microsoft in 2008, Gates has pursued other business and philanthropic endeavors.
Satya Narayana Nadella (/ n ə ˈ d ɛ l ə /; born 19 August 1967) is an American business executive who is the executive chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of Microsoft, succeeding Steve Ballmer in 2014 as CEO [2] [3] and John W. Thompson in 2021 as chairman.
Graduate Institute of International Studies (Diploma) Columbia University (JD) Spouse. Kathy Surace. Bradford Lee Smith[1] (born January 17, 1959) [2] is an American attorney and business executive who became vice chairman of Microsoft in 2021, and president in 2015. He previously was a senior vice president and general counsel from 2002 to 2015.