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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows and has since expanded into areas such as Internet services, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, video gaming, and more. A Big Tech company, Microsoft is the largest software company by revenue, one of the most valuable public companies, and one of the most valuable brands globally.

Founded1975
FoundersBill Gates, Paul Allen
HeadquartersRedmond, Washington, U.S.
▸ SOCIAL PRESENCE
▸ VITAL STATS
Global Brand Rank #2 ($388.5B) Interbrand Best Global Brands 2025
Global desktop OS usage 62% StatCounter, June 2026 StatCounter itself flags this figure as understated — an 18.75% "Unknown" category (driven by privacy tools masking OS fingerprints) is inflating other categories' apparent share; treat as a real but imprecise usage-tracking metric, not an installed-base count.
▸ CLIMATE COMMITMENT

"Carbon negative" by 2030 — removing more carbon than the company emits in that year.

Real progress: Microsoft's own disclosed data shows its actual carbon footprint grew approximately 25% in fiscal year 2025, driven largely by AI data center buildout — a real, direct gap between the "carbon negative" pledge and the current emissions trajectory, by the company's own reporting.

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▸ TIMELINE
1975 Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1985 Windows 1.0 released.
1990 Windows 3.0 released — the first version of Windows to become a major commercial success.
2001 Original Xbox launched, entering the video game console market.
2014 Satya Nadella became CEO, succeeding Steve Ballmer.
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