Innovation the buzzword
From just two co-founders who struggled to put things in place in a challenging environment, the Microsoft family has grown stronger by 78,000 employees spread across in 105 countries. Today, Microsoft has revenues of $51.12 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2007.
From July, Gates will hand over the entire responsibility of running the software giant with one of the world's most aggressive CEOs, Steve Ballmer. Ballmer believes that innovation is the secret of Microsoft's success story.
"Why is Microsoft a big company? Microsoft is not successful because we are big. We did something that people really like. People wanted it and they bought it," Ballmer says with confidence.
And how big is Microsoft? Well, quite big, actually. It makes profits of about $60 million every 24 hours!
But what will Microsoft be like after Bill Gates? Keep watching this space over the next few days as we bring to you a series of articles and opinions on Gates and Microsoft.
Image: Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates Pose in Seattle after Gates announced Ballmer as the company's New Chief Executive Officer on January 13, 2000. | Photograph: Getty Images
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