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In this Nov. 10, 2016, photo, people walk past a Microsoft office in New York. Three tech companies that have amassed unparalleled influence while reshaping the way we live released their latest quarterly report cards in a flurry late Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Although Apple, Microsoft and Google owner Alphabet Inc. make their money in different ways, the results for the April-June period served as another reminder of the clout they wield and why government regulators are growing increasingly concerned about whether they have become too powerful. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall) **FILE**
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Amazon vowed to continue its fight for Defense Department cloud computing services even after a comprehensive reevaluation of the October 2019 award to Microsoft. Amazon insisted last week that there are deeper principles at stake. (Associated Press)
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** ADVANCE FOR THE WEEKEND OF JULY 26-27 ** Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen has loaned his First Folio edition of the collected plays of William Skakespere to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore., shown here July 18, 2003, in a special display case locked in a room with a video surveillance camera and electronic alarm sytem. Widely considered the most important single book in English literature, the volume is a sacred relic for many Shakespeare scholars and fans. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard)
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Former Microsoft GM Melinda Gates married Bill Gates who’s net worth is over $70 billion
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Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates talks with David Rubenstein, president of the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., during a luncheon at the Renaissance Hotel in downtown Washington on Monday, June 24, 2019. (Photo by Ximena Bustillo/The Washington Times)
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This undated image provided by Microsoft shows a scene from the company's 2019 Super Bowl NFL football spot. (Microsoft via AP)
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The Pentagon vehemently denies that the White House exerted any political pressure throughout the process for awarding the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract, which ultimately went to Microsoft. (Associated Press/File)
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12. Steve Ballmer - CEO, Microsoft, LA Clippers owner. Ranked number 21 in the world with a net worth of $31.6 billion
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith holds up an ACRS2 device by ADAPTRUM used in TV White Space communications as he speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the U.S. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith pauses in front of a monitor displaying the U.S. as he speaks in Washington, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, about Microsoft's project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Bill Gates III is the co-founder of Microsoft and is an American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company. During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect, while also being the largest individual shareholder until May 2014. Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. Since 1987, Gates has been included in the Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people. As of May 2017 Gates is the richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$88.5 billion. In 2009, Gates and Warren Buffett founded The Giving Pledge, whereby they and other billionaires pledge to give at least half of their wealth to philanthropy. Gates scored 1590 out of 1600 on the Scholastic Aptitude Tests and enrolled at Harvard College in the fall of 1973. While at Harvard, he met fellow student Steve Ballmer. Gates left Harvard after two years while Ballmer would stay and graduate magna cum laude. Years later, Ballmer succeeded Gates as CEO of Microsoft before resigning from the company in 2014
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Paul Allen is known for co-founding Microsoft alongside Bill Gates. As of June 2017, he is estimated to be the 46th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $20.2 billion. Allen is the founder and Chairman of Vulcan Inc., which manages his various business and philanthropic efforts. Allen also has a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio including technology and media companies, real estate holdings, and stakes in other companies. He owns two professional sports teams: the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. He is also part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC, which joined Major League Soccer in 2009. He is also the founder of Allen Institute for Brain Science, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Institute for Cell Science, and Vulcan Aerospace. After obtaining a perfect SAT score of 1600 and graduation, Allen went to Washington State University, but dropped out after two years in order to work as a programmer for Honeywell in Boston, near where Bill Gates had ended up as well. Allen later convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard University in order to create Microsoft
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FILE - This April 12, 2016 file photo shows the Microsoft logo in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, France. The cyberextortion attack hitting dozens of countries was a “perfect storm” of sorts. It combined a known and highly dangerous security hole in Microsoft Windows, tardy users who didn’t apply Microsoft’s March software fix, and a software design that allowed the malware to spread quickly once inside university, business and government networks. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
