Microsoft turns 47

Bill Gates, along with his childhood friend Paul Allen, founded Microsoft on April 4, 1975.

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After the article came out, Gates called MITs and offered to write a BASIC programming language for Altair.

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MITS agreed to distribute and market the product under the name Altair BASIC

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The deal incentivised Gates and Allen to start Microsoft as the former as its first CEO.

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The iconic Microsoft Office suite was introduced in 1990.

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On January 13, 2000, Steve Ballmer took up the CEO mantle from Bill Gates.

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In 2014, Steve Ballmer stepped down as CEO.

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Indian origin Satya Nadella has been the head honcho of Microsoft since.

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In early 2014, Microsoft acquired Nokia Devices and Services for USD 7.2 billion

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The arrival of Satya Nadella was truly game changing for Microsoft. The tech giant got into the cloud business, and is now bullish on AI.

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