Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft was founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates on April 4, 1975 with Gates as CEO. Microsoft entered in the business of OS in 1980 with its own version of Unix called Xenix. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid 1980s, followed by Microsoft Windows. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made a number of corporate acquisitions.



Microsoft's headquarter is located in Washington, US. The present Chairman of the company is John Thompson, Present Head (CEO) is Satya Nadella and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is Amy Hood. 

Microsoft in India
The Microsoft story began in 1990. Microsoft runs six major business units representing entire product cycle to serve customers from consumers to corporations, gamers to governments. 
1. Microsoft IT India
2. Microsoft Research India (MSR India)
3. Microsoft India Global Technical                  Support Center (IGTSC)
4. Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd.          (MCIPL)
5. Microsoft India (R&D) Private Limited
6. Microsoft Services Global Delivery

Product Segments
Software and services: Windows, office, Free downloads and Security, Internet explorer, Microsoft edge and MSN. 
Devices and Xbox: All windows PC and tablets, PC accessories, Xbox and games.
For students and educators: Office for students, onenote in classroom and Microsoft in education.
For Developers and IT Pros: Microsoft Azure, MSDN, TechNet and Visual studio. 
For business: Cloud platform, Microsoft Azure, MS Dynamic 365, Windows for business, Office for business, Skype for business, Enterprise Solutions and volume licensing. 

More Info. 
Microsoft ranked 26th on Fortune 500 Companies list in 2019.
Microsoft ranked 16th on Forbes World's Largest Public Corporations List 2019.
Microsoft ranked 2nd Forbes World's Best Employers List 2019.
In December 2016, it bought LinkedIn for $26.2 billion.
In 2014, Microsoft acquired the mobile hardware division of NOKIA. 
In may 2011, Microsoft acquired Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion.

Microsoft visual is to help individuals and businesses realize their full potential and to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more. 

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