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Board of Directors
Microsoft Business Organization
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Microsoft Subsidiaries
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Employment Information
Real Estate Portfolio
About Microsoft
Corporate Address
Microsoft Corporation
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Redmond, WA 98052-7329
USA
Tel: (425) 882-8080
Fax: (425) 706-7329
Important Dates
Date |
Event |
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1975 | Microsoft founded |
Jan. 1, 1979 | Microsoft moves from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Bellevue, Washington |
June 25, 1981 | Microsoft incorporates |
Aug. 12, 1981 | IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft’s 16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0 |
Feb. 26, 1986 | Microsoft moves to corporate campus in Redmond, Washington |
March 13, 1986 | Microsoft stock goes public |
Aug. 1, 1989 | Microsoft introduces earliest version of Office suite of productivity applications |
May 22, 1990 | Microsoft launches Windows 3.0 |
Aug. 24, 1995 | Microsoft launches Windows 95 |
Dec. 7, 1995 | Bill Gates outlines Microsoft’s commitment to supporting and enhancing the Internet |
June 25, 1998 | Microsoft launches Windows 98 |
Jan. 13, 2000 | Steve Ballmer named president and chief executive officer for Microsoft |
Feb. 17, 2000 | Microsoft launches Windows 2000 |
June 22, 2000 | Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer outline Microsoft’s .NET strategy for Web services |
May 31, 2001 | Microsoft launches Office XP |
Oct. 25, 2001 | Microsoft launches Windows XP |
Nov. 15, 2001 | Microsoft launches Xbox |
Jan. 15, 2002 | Bill Gates outlines Microsoft’s commitment to Trustworthy Computing |
April 24, 2003 | Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003 |
Oct. 21, 2003 | Microsoft launches Microsoft Office System |
July 20, 2004 | Microsoft announces plans to return up to $75 billion to shareholders in dividends and stock buybacks |
Nov. 22, 2005 | Microsoft launches Xbox 360 |
July 20, 2006 | Microsoft announces a new US$20 billion tender offer and authorizes an additional share-repurchase program of up to $20 billion over five years |
Jan. 30, 2007 | Microsoft launches Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office System to consumers worldwide |
Feb. 27, 2008 | Microsoft launches Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 |
June 27, 2008 | Bill Gates transitions from his day-to-day role at Microsoft to spend more time on his work at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
June 3, 2009 | Microsoft launches Bing decision engine |
Oct. 22, 2009 | Microsoft launches Windows 7; opens first physical store in Scottsdale, Arizona |
June 15, 2010 | Microsoft launches general availability of Office 2010 |
Nov. 10, 2010 | Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7 |
Nov. 17, 2010 | Microsoft announces availability of Microsoft Lync |
June 28, 2011 | Microsoft launches Office 365 |
Oct. 13, 2011 | Microsoft closes its acquisition of Skype |
June 25, 2012 | Microsoft acquires Yammer |
Sept. 4, 2012 | Microsoft launches Windows Server 2012 |
Sept. 12, 2012 | Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2012 |
Oct. 18, 2012 | Microsoft employee giving tops US$1 billion |
Oct. 23, 2012 | Microsoft introduces new entertainment experience from Xbox |
Oct. 26, 2012 | Microsoft launches Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface |
Jan. 29, 2013 | Microsoft launches Office 2013, expands Office 365 |
Feb. 18, 2013 | Microsoft launches Outlook.com |
May 21, 2013 | Microsoft unveils Xbox One |
July 11, 2013 | “Microsoft One” reorganization realigns company to enable innovation at great speed, efficiency |
Sept. 3, 2013 | Microsoft announces decision to acquire Nokia’s devices and services business, license Nokia’s patents and mapping services |
Oct. 17, 2013 | Microsoft launches Windows 8.1 |
Oct. 22, 2013 | Microsoft launches Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 |
Nov. 22, 2013 | Microsoft launches Xbox One |
Feb. 4, 2014 | Satya Nadella named chief executive officer for Microsoft |
March 27, 2014 | Microsoft launches Office for iPad |
April 25, 2014 | Microsoft completes acquisition of Nokia Devices and Services business |
June 20, 2014 | Microsoft launches Surface Pro 3 |
Sept. 15, 2014 | Minecraft to join Microsoft announcement |
Nov. 6, 2014 | Microsoft announces Office apps for Android tablets |
May 5, 2015 | Microsoft releases Surface 3 |
July 29, 2015 | Microsoft launches Windows 10 |
Sept. 22, 2015 | Microsoft launches Office 2016 |
Oct. 6, 2015 | Microsoft announces Surface Book, Surface Pro 4, Microsoft Band 2, Lumia 950 and Lumia 95 XL |
Oct. 26, 2015 | Microsoft opens flagship store in New York City |
Nov. 12, 2015 | Microsoft opens flagship store in Sydney, Australia |
Jan. 19, 2016 | Microsoft Philanthropies announces $1B in donations putting Microsoft Cloud to work for the public good |
June 1, 2016 | Microsoft launches SQL Server 2016 |
July 6, 2016 | Microsoft introduces Microsoft Dynamics 365 |
Sept. 29, 2016 | Microsoft forms what is now the Technology + Research Group |
Oct. 18, 2016 | Microsoft researchers achieve human parity in conversational speech recognition |
Oct. 26, 2016 | Microsoft introduces Surface Studio, Surface Dial, new Surface Book and Windows 10 Creators Update |
Dec. 8, 2016 | Microsoft completes acquisition of LinkedIn |
March 7, 2017 | Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017 |
March 17, 2017 | Microsoft Teams rolls out to Office 365 customers worldwide |
May 2, 2017 | Microsoft introduces new technology for education, including Windows 10 S, new Surface Laptop and Microsoft Teams for classrooms |
May 23, 2017 | Microsoft announces Windows 10 China Government Edition and the new Surface Pro |
June 14, 2017 | Surface Laptop and new Surface Pro available in 25 markets worldwide |
Sept. 21, 2017 | Microsoft, Facebook and Telxius complete “Marea,” the highest-capacity subsea cable to cross the Atlantic Ocean |
Oct. 17, 2017 | Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Mixed Reality Headsets become available; Surface Book 2 announced |
Nov. 6, 2017 | Microsoft launches Xbox One X |
Nov. 28, 2017 | Microsoft announces major Redmond campus renovation |
Dec. 5, 2017 | Microsoft breaks ground on new sustainable Silicon Valley campus |
Feb. 22, 2018 | Microsoft opens new campus in Dublin, Ireland |
May 15, 2018 | Microsoft announces Surface Hub 2 |
May 16, 2018 | Microsoft unveils Xbox Adaptive Controller |
Aug. 2, 2018 | Surface Go becomes available |
Oct. 26, 2018 | Microsoft completes GitHub acquisition |
Jan. 16, 2019 | Microsoft announces $500 million commitment to advance affordable housing in Puget Sound region |
Feb. 24, 2019 | Microsoft introduces HoloLens 2 |
July 11, 2019 | Microsoft opens flagship store in London |
Oct. 2, 2019 | Microsoft announces five Surface products for late 2019, plus two new dual-screen devices, Surface Neo and Surface Duo, coming in late 2020 |
Dec. 12, 2019 | Microsoft announces Xbox Series X, coming in late 2020 |
Jan. 16, 2020 | Microsoft announces plan to become carbon negative by 2030 |
March 30, 2020 | Microsoft introduces new Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions |
April 15, 2020 | Microsoft announces plan to help protect biodiversity of the world’s ecosystems |
May 6, 2020 | Microsoft introduces Surface Go 2, Surface Book 3, Surface Headphones 2 and Surface Earbuds |
June 30, 2020 | Microsoft commits to helping 25 million people acquire new digital skills |
Sept. 21, 2020 | Microsoft announces it will replenish more water than it consumes by 2030 |
Sept. 21, 2020 | Microsoft announces plans to acquire ZeniMax Media and its game publisher, Bethesda Softworks |
Oct. 1, 2020 | Microsoft introduces Surface Laptop Go |
Oct. 20, 2020 | Microsoft introduces Azure Space |
Jan. 11, 2021 | Microsoft introduces Surface Pro 7+ for Business |
Feb. 4, 2021 | Microsoft introduces Microsoft Viva employee experience platform |
Feb. 11, 2021 | Microsoft announces plans to expand its presence in Atlanta |
March 2, 2021 | Microsoft introduces Microsoft Mesh mixed-reality platform |
June 24, 2021 | Microsoft introduces Windows 11 |
July 14, 2021 | Microsoft unveils Windows 365 |
Nov. 9, 2021 | Microsoft introduces Windows 11 SE to support the K-8 classroom |
Jan. 18, 2022 | Microsoft announces plans to acquire Activision Blizzard |
March 4, 2022 | Microsoft completes acquisition of Nuance |
Oct. 12, 2022 | Microsoft introduces Surface Pro 9, Surface Laptop 5, Surface Studio 2+, Microsoft Designer and Image Creator |
Jan. 18, 2023 | Microsoft and OpenAI extend partnership |
Feb. 7, 2023 | Microsoft reinvents search with new AI-powered Bing and Edge |
March 16, 2023 | Microsoft introduces Microsoft 365 Copilot with next-generation AI |
Board of Directors
Reid Hoffman | General Partner, Greylock Partners |
Hugh Johnston | Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, PepsiCo, Inc. |
Teri List | Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Gap, Inc. |
Satya Nadella | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Microsoft Corporation |
Sandra E. Peterson | Lead Independent Director, Microsoft Corporation |
Penny Pritzker | Founder and Chairman, PSP Partners |
Carlos Rodriguez | Executive Chair, ADP, Inc. |
Charles W. Scharf | Chief Executive Officer and President, Wells Fargo & Company |
John W. Stanton | Chairman, Trilogy Partnerships |
John W. Thompson | Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners |
Emma Walmsley | Chief Executive Officer, GSK |
Padmasree Warrior | Founder, President & CEO, Fable Group Inc. |
Microsoft Business Organization
Last updated: July 1, 2021
Engineering Groups:
- Cloud + AI Group
Scott Guthrie leads the Microsoft Cloud + AI Group. He is responsible for Microsoft’s cloud computing fabric, Artificial Intelligence platform, and the company’s digital transformation strategy. This spans products and services such as Microsoft Azure, the global cloud computing platform, Microsoft Business Applications, including the automated business process capabilities of Dynamics 365 and low-code/no-code tools in the Power Platform, and Mixed Reality, with HoloLens and Microsoft Mesh. It also includes a rich set of developer tools with Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code and GitHub, core commerce capabilities and infrastructure, and end-to-end security, access management and compliance solutions across the Microsoft Cloud. - Experiences + Devices
Rajesh Jha leads Microsoft’s business that brings Office, Devices and Windows together to build the world’s best experiences, the best devices and the best products for our customers. The group has focus spanning across productivity, communications, education, search and other information services, along with the software platform, apps, store and devices that power the Windows ecosystem. - Technology + Research
As Microsoft’s chief technology officer, Kevin Scott leads the Research and Incubation group and oversees some of Microsoft’s biggest ambitions, including delivering AI at scale. He is responsible for aligning the company’s overall technical strategy while incorporating forward-looking research and development efforts into the company’s infrastructure, services, apps and agents.
Business Functions:
- Business Development Group
Christopher Young leads the Business Development group, responsible for driving growth across the company by setting corporate strategy and identifying and executing high impact strategic partnerships, corporate venture investments, and acquisitions. - Corporate, External, and Legal Affairs
Brad Smith leads as president and chief legal officer. His teams are responsible for the company’s legal work, its intellectual property portfolio, patent licensing business, corporate philanthropy, government affairs, public policy, corporate governance, and social responsibility work. His teams also lead the company’s work on a number of critical issues including privacy, security, accessibility, environmental sustainability and digital inclusion, among others.
- Finance Group
Amy Hood leads the worldwide finance organization. This includes acquisitions, treasury, tax planning, global real estate, accounting and reporting, internal audit, business operations and investor relations. - HR Group
Kathleen Hogan leads Human Resources, responsible for pushing the company’s cultural transformation forward so it can thrive in a mobile-first, cloud-first world. - LinkedIn
Ryan Roslansky leads LinkedIn, the world’s largest and most powerful network of professionals. - Marketing Group
Chris Capossela leads Microsoft’s worldwide marketing and consumer business. This includes advertising, brand, communications, research as well as Microsoft’s retail stores. - Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions
Judson Althoff leads the Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions organization, which includes enterprise, public sector, small and mid-market, services, developer and partner, as well as global sales, marketing and services for 122 subsidiaries worldwide.
Operation Centers
Role | Location |
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Licensing, Manufacturing, Operations and Logistics | Dublin, Ireland |
Licensing and Operations | Reno, Nevada, USA |
Operations and Logistics | Singapore |
Microsoft Subsidiaries
Albania | Denmark | Kuwait | Puerto Rico |
Algeria | Dominican Republic | Latvia | Qatar |
Angola | Ecuador | Lebanon | Romania |
Argentina | Egypt | Libya | Russia |
Armenia | El Salvador | Lithuania | Saudi Arabia |
Australia | Estonia | Luxembourg | Senegal |
Austria | Finland | Macao SAR | Serbia |
Azerbaijan | France | Macedonia, Former | Singapore |
Bahrain | Georgia | Yugoslav Republic of | Slovakia |
Bangladesh | Germany | Malaysia | Slovenia |
Belarus | Ghana | Malta | South Africa |
Belgium | Greece | Mauritius | Spain |
Bermuda | Guatemala | Mexico | Sri Lanka |
Bolivia | Honduras | Montenegro | Sweden |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Hong Kong SAR | Morocco | Switzerland |
Brazil | Hungary | Mozambique | Taiwan |
Brunei | Iceland | Myanmar | Tanzania |
Bulgaria | India | Namibia | Thailand |
Cambodia | Indonesia | Netherlands | Trinidad & Tobago |
Cameroon | Iraq | New Zealand | Tunisia |
Canada | Oman | Nigeria | Turkey |
Ireland | Isle of Man | Norway | Turkmenistan |
Chile | Israel | Uganda | Ukraine |
China | Italy | Pakistan | United Arab Emirates |
Colombia | Jamaica | Panama | United Kingdom |
Costa Rica | Japan | Paraguay | United States |
Côte d’Ivoire | Jordan | Peru | Uruguay |
Croatia | Kazakhstan | Philippines | Venezuela |
Cyprus | Kenya | Poland | Vietnam |
Czech Republic | Korea | Portugal |
As of March 31, 2023
Financial Data
For current information, refer to the Investor Relations website.
Employment Information
Current Employment Headcount
Location | Employees |
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Worldwide | 221,000 |
USA | 122,000 |
International | 99,000 |
As of June 30, 2022
Additional information and details about the demographics of our workforce can be found on the Microsoft Global Diversity & Inclusion site.
Real Estate Portfolio
For real estate information, refer to the 10-K filing on the Investor Relations website.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
Microsoft refers to Microsoft Corp. and its affiliates, including Microsoft Mobile Oy, a subsidiary of Microsoft. Microsoft Mobile Oy develops, manufactures and distributes Nokia X mobile phones and other devices.