2. Microsoft  American multinational technology company  Headquarter – Redmond, Washington  April 4, 1975  The best known products are Windows  120 000 employees  Revenue $94 billion  Net income $12 billion

3. Products  Windows (PC, Server, Mobile)  MS-DOS  Office (2016)  Xbox  Video games (AoE, Minecraft)  Mobile  Visual Studio  One Drive  Skype (acquired for $8.5 billion)

4. Key people  Founders  Bill Gates  Paul Allen  CEO  Satya Nadella  President  Brad Smith  Chairman  John W. Thompson

5. Bill Gates  William Henry “Bill“ Gates III  8. 8. 1955 (age 60)  Co-founder of Microsoft  Business magnate, philanthropist, investor and computer programmer  Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people (1995-2007, 2009, 2014, 2015)  2000 - $60 billion  2015 - $79.2 billion  CEO of Cascade Investment  Chair of Corbis  Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

6. Apple  American multinational technology company  Headquartered in Cupertino,California  Founded: 1.4. 1976  115 000 employees (as of July 2015)  Revenue $233 billion  Net income $53 billion

7. Products  iMac  MacBook  iPod  iPhone  iPad  Apple Watch  Apple TV

8. Key people  Founders  Steve Jobs  Steve Wozniak  Ronald Wayne  CEO  Tim Cook  CFO  Luca Maestri  COO  Jeff Williams  Chairman  John W. Thompson

9. Steve Jobs  Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs  24. 2. 1955 – 5. 10. 2011 (aged 56)  Co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple  Primary investor and CEO of Pixar  Founder and CEO of NeXT  Board member of: The Walt Disney Company, Apple Inc.  Known for: Pioneer of the personal computer revolution with Steve Wozniak