As Microsoft prepares to mark its 50th anniversary, company veterans are reflecting on the pivotal role of the late Paul Allen, who started the company with Bill Gates in 1975.

Microsoft’s earliest employees went on to become freelance journalists, volunteer firefighters and cattle ranch owners.

In 2008, the original employees pictured in 1978, came back together to recreate the moment, and at the time, the late ...

Microsoft, which turns 50 years old today (April 5), started off with a lie. In 1975, the 20-year-old Gates and 22-year-old ...

Microsoft is celebrating its 50-year anniversary today during a special event at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, ...

Over half a century, the company has introduced technologies including the Windows operating system, the Azure cloud, video ...

Reminiscing about Microsoft's early days, Gates said Altair BASIC was the company's "original source code," predating iconic ...

Microsoft is holding a 50th Anniversary Copilot livestream today at 12:30PM ET / 9:30AM PT on April 4th, the same day ...

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the company in the most Bill Gates way possible.

Microsoft is marking its 50th anniversary in 2025, celebrating five decades of technological innovation that have shaped the ...

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