Who does not know Microsoft? It is probably impossible to find such a person, at least among those who use personal computers. But more often than not, knowledge about Microsoft is limited to being led by Bill Gates. Fortunately, US law obliges public companies to disclose some information. What we use ;-)
Bill Gates works as chairman of the board of directors and receives 966,000 a year. Some of his subordinates get more.
55% of shares belong to investment funds, 30% to individuals, and 9.51% to Bill.
The company's turnover in 2006 amounted to 44 billion 282 million dollars. Profit 12 billion 599 million. Microsoft paid taxes to the US budget of 5 billion 770 million - that's about how our entire arms exports. Microsoft taxes account for approximately 0.2% of the total US budget.
Professionals bring the following areas:
Windows XP; 2000; etc (Client): 29%
Microsoft Office; Excel; Outlook; etc: 28%
Software and server license (Server & tools): 24%
Games software (Home and Entertainment): 10%
MSN (internet provider): 6%
Software & others: 3%
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In the US, Microsoft makes 67% of sales. In the rest of the world - 33%, knowing that Microsoft had a turnover of 150 million in 2005, we can calculate that the Russian market gives the company a 0.377% turnover. According to some data, the turnover in 2006 amounted to 258 million - this is already 0.58 percent of the turnover of the whole Microsoft.
The company employs 71,000 people, in 2005 it was 61,000.
Based on self:
www.frolin.ru/2007/02/20/nemnogo-o-microsoft