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Microsoft Corporation
Microsoft is known as a major Multinational Technology Corporation. Today, Microsoft is hitting about $165.27 a share, and is worth over $1 trillion dollars. This company originally started as “Miro-soft” and was used for microprocessors and software. Bill Gates was a student at Harvard, and Paul Allen who quit his job as a programmer started this world-wide company in 1975. This technology company started in Albuquerque New Mexico, which was the city that was home to electronics firm MITS, maker of the Altair 8800, a microcomputer.
In 1985, “Windows” a new operating system was announced. Within the following year, Microsoft increased their share to $21 raising to $61 million. The company then relocated to Redmond, Washington. Based on sales in the late 1980’s, Microsoft became the world’s biggest personal-computer software company. In the mid-1990’s internet usage took off and Internet Explorers was introduced. To continue, today Microsoft headquarters are still operating in the same location. This company is currently increasing and producing high quality work for people all over the world. “Microsoft is America’s most valuable company” as stated from Natasha Frost, a travel and lifestyle reporter. (Frost, 2019) The companies mission statement is “to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” (Msa, 2020) Highlighting empowerment in the statement, which signifies the goal or the objective of the company and what the strategic tactics of the organization gain to accomplish.
Microsoft’s vision statement is “to help people and businesses throughout the world realize their full potential” (Msa, 2020) This company complies with going all out to ignite positive changes in it’s consumers. When states “throughout the world” it’s giving an idea that Microsoft is not just a local or regional company, it targets the globe. “Reaching their full potential” is initiated to bring out the complex details of what it’s tools, devices, and software are meant to do.
Reference
Frost, N. (2019, June 11). Microsoft is now worth over $1 trillion. Retrieved from https://qz.com/1639275/microsoft-shares-are-at-a-high-under-nadella-now-with-a-1-trillion-market-cap/
Microsoft founded. (2015, October 9). Retrieved from https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/microsoft-founded
Msa. (2020, March 17). Microsoft Mission Statement 2020: Microsoft Mission & Vision Analysis. Retrieved from https://mission-statement.com/microsoft/