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

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	c. 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
Jon A. Shirley	Business	1938		President and COO of Microsoft, 1983-90
Patty Stonesifer	Business	c. 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
James I. Cash, Jr.	Educator	c. 1948		Harvard Business School, 1976-2003
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
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
Jon A. Shirley	Business	1938		President and COO of Microsoft, 1983-90

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Allen	Business	21-Jan-1953		Co-Founder of Microsoft
Richard A. Hackborn	Business	c. 1937		Former HP Vice President
Ann Dore McLaughlin	Government	16-Nov-1941		US Secretary of Labor, 1987-89
William G. Reed, Jr.	Business	c. 1939		Simpson Timber Company

NOTABLE EMPLOYEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dave Cutler	Computer Programmer	13-Mar-1942		Father of Windows NT
Michael Kinsley	Pundit	9-Mar-1951		Slate founder
Mark Russinovich	Computer Programmer	c. 1966		Microsoft Windows Internals
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	?		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
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
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
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
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 campaign strategist
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		Surrealist responsible for Frank

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
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
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

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