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Who is the current owner of Microsoft?
Bill Gates
Who owns the majority of Microsoft?
Bill Gates
Is Bill Gates still part of Microsoft?
He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
| Bill Gates | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Software developer investor entrepreneur philanthropist |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Known for | Co-founder of Microsoft |
| Net worth | US$99.5 billion (April 2020) |
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Who bought Microsoft from Bill Gates?
When IBM couldn’t or wouldn’t make a deal with Kildall, Microsoft bought what became MS DOS from Seattle Computer Products for $50,000 and licensed it to IBM. It was written by Tim Paterson, who mimicked CP/M’s application programming interface.