COMPANY

The world's largest software company. Founded in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

Official Website:
http://www.microsoft.com/

Industry:
Software

Ticker:
NASDAQ:MSFT

Corporate headquarters:
Redmond, WA

Sales:
$60.4B (2007)

Employees:
91,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Allen	Business	21-Jan-1953		Co-Founder of Microsoft
Steve Ballmer	Business	24-Mar-1956		CEO of Microsoft
Richard E. Belluzzo	Business	c. 1954		CEO of Quantum
Michael W. Brown	Business	c. 1946		CFO of Microsoft, 1994-97
Timothy Y. Chen	Business	c. 1956		Microsoft CEO Greater China Region
Frank Clegg	Business	c. 1955		President of Microsoft Canada, 2000-05
John G. Connors	Business	c. 1959		CFO of Microsoft, 1999-2005
Bill Gates	Business	28-Oct-1955		Co-Founder of Microsoft
Charlotte Guyman	Business	c. 1956		Former GM, MSN Sales
Michael R. Hallman	Business	c. 1944		President and COO of Microsoft, 1990-92
Robert J. Herbold	Business	24-Jul-1942		COO of Microsoft, 1994-2001
Christopher P. Liddell	Business	c. 1957		CFO of Microsoft
Greg Maffei	Business	24-May-1960		CEO of Liberty Media
Michael J. Maples	Business	c. 1942		Co-President of Microsoft, 1992-95
Craig Mundie	Business	c. 1949		CTO of Microsoft
Nathan Myhrvold	Business	3-Aug-1959		CTO of Microsoft, 1996-2000
Ray Ozzie	Computer Programmer	20-Nov-1955		Microsoft Chief Software Architect
Howard A. Schmidt	Government	?		White House cybersecurity chief
Jon A. Shirley	Business	1938		President and COO of Microsoft, 1983-90
Patty Stonesifer	Business	1956		Co-Chair of Gates Foundation
B. Kevin Turner	Business	c. 1965		COO of Microsoft
Maggie Wilderotter	Business	9-Feb-1955		CEO of Citizens Communications

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steve Ballmer	Business	24-Mar-1956		CEO of Microsoft
Dina Dublon	Business	1953		CFO of JP Morgan Chase, 1998-2004
Bill Gates	Business	28-Oct-1955		Co-Founder of Microsoft
Raymond V. Gilmartin	Business	6-Mar-1941		CEO of Merck, 1994-2005
Maria M. Klawe	Educator	5-Jul-1951		President, Harvey Mudd College
Stephen J. Luczo	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Seagate, 1998-2004
David F. Marquardt	Business	c. 1951		Venture capital investor
Charles H. Noski	Business	c. 1951		CFO of Northrop Grumman, 2003-05
Helmut Panke	Business	31-Aug-1946		Chairman of BMW, 2002-06
John W. Thompson	Business	24-Apr-1949		Ex-CEO of Symantec

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Allen	Business	21-Jan-1953		Co-Founder of Microsoft
James I. Cash, Jr.	Educator	c. 1948		Harvard Business School, 1976-2003
Richard A. Hackborn	Business	c. 1937		Former HP Vice President
Reed Hastings	Business	8-Oct-1960		Founder and CEO of Netflix
Ann Dore McLaughlin	Government	16-Nov-1941		US Secretary of Labor, 1987-89
William G. Reed, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Simpson Timber Company
Jon A. Shirley	Business	1938		President and COO of Microsoft, 1983-90

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Abrash	Computer Programmer	?		Graphics Programming Black Book
Ward Cunningham	Computer Programmer	26-May-1949		Wiki inventor
Dave Cutler	Computer Programmer	13-Mar-1942		Father of Windows NT
Michael Kinsley	Pundit	9-Mar-1951		Founding editor of Slate
Mark Russinovich	Computer Programmer	c. 1966		Microsoft Windows Internals
Robert Scoble	Blogger	18-Jan-1965		Scobleizer
Charles Simonyi	Computer Programmer	10-Sep-1948		Hungarian notation

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael Abrash	Computer Programmer	?		Graphics Programming Black Book
Ed Averett	Computer Programmer	?		Prolific Odyssey 2 game programmer
James Blinn	Computer Programmer	c. 1948		3D computer imaging pioneer
Steve Capps	Computer Programmer	?		Apple Newton, SoundEdit
Bruce Chizen	Business	1956		CEO of Adobe, 2000-07
Maria S. Eitel	Business	c. 1963		President of the Nike Foundation
James Fallows	Journalist	2-Aug-1949		Atlantic Monthly
Bob Frankston	Computer Programmer	14-Jun-1949		Programmer of Visicalc
Melinda Gates	Philanthropist	15-Aug-1964		Married to Bill Gates
Rob Glaser	Business	16-Jan-1962		CEO of RealNetworks, 1994-2010
Naveen Jain	Business	1959		Founder of InfoSpace
J. D. Lasica	Author	?		Darknet
Steve Maguire	Computer Programmer	?		Writing Solid Code
Scott A. McGregor	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Broadcom
Alexey Pajitnov	Computer Programmer	c. 1956		Helped invent Tetris
Andy Rubin	Business	c. 1963		Creator of Android OS
Hironobu Sakaguchi	Computer Programmer	14-Nov-1962		Created Final Fantasy videogame series
Bruce Shelley	Computer Programmer	?		Created computer game Age of Empires
Scott Stanzel	Government	15-Jan-1973		Deputy White House Press Secretary

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bruce Bagemihl	Scientist	?		Biological Exuberance
Haley Barbour	Politician	22-Oct-1947		Governor of Mississippi, 2004-12
Greg Bear	Author	20-Aug-1951		Eon
Tim Bray	Computer Programmer	21-Jun-1955		Co-Inventor of XML
Rod Chandler	Politician	13-Jul-1942		Congressman from Washington, 1983-93
Disco D	Music Producer	21-Sep-1980	23-Jan-2007	Ghetto-tech DJ
Joseph E. diGenova	Government	c. 1945		US Attorney, District of Columbia, 1983-88
C. Boyden Gray	Government	6-Feb-1943		Conservative activist, lobbyist
Frank Luntz	Pundit	23-Feb-1962		Republican pollster, strategist
Greg Mankiw	Economist	3-Feb-1958		George W Bush economist
Steve McConnell	Computer Programmer	c. 1963		Author of Code Complete
Lloyd Meeds	Politician	11-Dec-1927	17-Aug-2005	Congressman from Washington, 1965-79
Harriet Miers	Government	10-Aug-1945		White House Counsel, 2005-07
Grover Norquist	Activist	19-Oct-1956		Washington lobbyist, anti-tax crusader
Mark Penn	Government	c. 1954		Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign strategist
Raj Reddy	Educator	13-Jun-1937		Professor of Computer Science, CMU
Ralph Reed	Activist	24-Jun-1961		Former head of the Christian Coalition
Richard L. Schmalensee	Economist	1944		Council of Economic Advisers, 1989-91
Jim Woodring	Cartoonist	11-Oct-1952		Frank

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Scott Adsit	Actor	26-Nov-1965		Pete Hornberger on 30 Rock
Jennifer Aniston	Actor	11-Feb-1969		Rachel on Friends
Larry Bird	Basketball	7-Dec-1956		Boston Celtics
Tom Brokaw	Journalist	6-Feb-1940		Former anchor, NBC Nightly News
Deepak Chopra	Author	22-Oct-1946		Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Bernard A. Harris, Jr.	Astronaut	26-Jun-1956		First black astronaut to spacewalk
Ken Jennings	TV Personality	23-May-1974		$2.5 Million Jeopardy! Contestant
Wiz Khalifa	Rapper	8-Sep-1987		Black and Yellow
Eva Longoria	Actor	15-Mar-1975		Desperate Housewives
Susan Lucci	Actor	23-Dec-1946		Erica Kane on All My Children
William H. Macy	Actor	13-Mar-1950		Fargo
Demetri Martin	Comic	25-May-1973		Daily Show trend spotter
Matthew Perry	Actor	19-Aug-1969		Chandler on Friends
?uestlove	Drummer	20-Jan-1971		Drummer for The Roots
Jerry Seinfeld	Comic	29-Apr-1954		A show about nothing

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