MANAGEMENT SUMMARY Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen from Seattle, and incorporated in 1981. Being the number one software company in the world it employs 50,500 people working full-time, 20,800 in product research and development, 23,500 in sales, marketing, and support, 2,200 in manufacturing and distribution, and 4,000 in finance and administration. Microsoft has achieved its phenomenal success by providing customers, whether a private consumer or a highly known company, with a wide range of high-quality …showed first 75 words of 897 total…

…showed last 75 words of 897 total…a 15.7 percent return on equity for the year 2002 giving an increase of one percent from the prior year. CONCLUSION Microsoft Corporation is one of the wealthiest publicly traded company thanks to its founders for their hard work and dedication. After analyzing the Microsoft’s financials it was discover that profit has been escalating year by year. In Fiscal year 2001 revenue was reported at $25.30 billion, in contrast Fiscal year for 2002 was at an increase of $3.07 billion.