Micro-Soft

Microsoft Corporation

Building 17 on the Microsoft Redmond campus in Redmond, Washington
Type	Public
Traded as	NASDAQ: MSFT NASDAQ-100 component DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component
ISIN	US5949181045
Industry	Computer software Computer hardware Consumer electronics
Founded	April 4, 1975; 42 years ago (1975-04-04) in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Founders	Bill Gates Paul Allen
Headquarters	Microsoft Redmond campus, Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	John W. Thompson (Chairman) Brad Smith (President) Satya Nadella (CEO) Bill Gates (Technical advisor)
Products	Windows Office Servers Skype Visual Studio Dynamics Xbox Surface Mobile more...
Services	Azure Bing LinkedIn MSDN Office 365 OneDrive Outlook.com TechNet Wallet Windows Store Windows Update Xbox Live
Revenue	US$89.95 billion (2017)
Operating income	US$22.27 billion (2017)
Net income	US$21.20 billion (2017)
Total assets	US$241.08 billion (2017)
Total equity	US$72.39 billion (2017)
Number of employees	124,000 (2016)
Subsidiaries	List of Microsoft subsidiaries
Website	microsoft.com

Microsoft Corporation (/ˈmaɪkrəˌsɒft/, abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. It develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup. As of 2016, it is the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies. The word "Microsoft" is a portmanteau of "microcomputer" and "software".