APR 4, 1975 Microsoft founded ; AUG 12, 1981 IBM introduces its personal computer with Microsoft's 16-bit operating system MS-DOS 1.0 ; 1982 Microsoft UK launches
Microsoft, global leader in technology, founded in 1975 by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, originally $21 per share.
Gates and Allen established Microsoft on April 4, 1975, with Gates as CEO, and Allen suggested the name "Micro-Soft", short for micro-computer software.
The History of Microsoft - 1975 Thirty-four years ago, a nineteen year old kid and his twenty-two year old business partner sold their first program to a
Friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen started Microsoft – sometimes Micro-Soft, for microprocessors and software – to develop software for the Altair 8800, an
Important Dates ; 1975, Microsoft founded ; Jan. 1, 1979, Microsoft moves from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Bellevue, Washington ; June 25, 1981, Microsoft