Who is the original founder of Microsoft?

On this day in 1975, at a time when most Americans use typewriters, childhood friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft, a company that makes computer software. In 1987, the year after Microsoft went public, 31-year-old Gates became the world's youngest billionaire. read more

By the way, I found this information on a Wikipedia page, one of the first of approximately 1.15 billion results provided in 0.93 seconds after typing “microsoft” into the Google search field. read more

The company's first international office was founded on November 1, 1978, in Japan, entitled "ASCII Microsoft" (now called "Microsoft Japan"), and on November 29, 1979, the term, "Microsoft" was first used by Bill Gates. read more

The original name of "Micro-Soft" was suggested by Allen. In August 1977 the company formed an agreement with ASCII Magazine in Japan, resulting in its first international office, "ASCII Microsoft". Microsoft moved to a new home in Bellevue, Washington in January 1979. read more