Microsoft Corporation: Key Facts
- FY2025 revenue: $281.724B.
- FY2025 net income: $101.832B.
- Employees: approximately 228,000 full-time employees as of June 30, 2025.
- Leadership: CEO Satya Nadella.
- Status: public, NASDAQ: MSFT.
- Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States.
How Microsoft Makes Money
Microsoft makes money from cloud infrastructure, enterprise and consumer subscriptions, software licenses, Windows OEM and commercial licensing, LinkedIn, search and advertising, devices, gaming content, and developer platforms.
Why Microsoft Matters
Microsoft's advantage is enterprise distribution, Azure scale, Office workflows, Windows reach, developer tools, security products, LinkedIn, GitHub, and deep AI partnerships.
Biggest Risk
The biggest risk is that AI infrastructure spending, cloud competition, regulation, security incidents, or platform shifts compress margins faster than new AI revenue scales.
