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Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop software for an early personal computer known as the Altair 8800.
Microsoft owns GitHub, which surpassed 180 million developers and 630 million projects in 2025.
KEY POINTS
- Microsoft acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26.2 billion, its largest acquisition at the time.
- Microsoft became the third-largest gaming company after acquiring Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in 2023.
- Microsoft's 2021 acquisition of ZeniMax Media expanded its creative studios from 15 to 23.
- SwiftKey, a popular predictive keyboard app with over a billion downloads, was acquired by Microsoft in 2016.
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