With a market capitalization of $2.89 trillion as of April 9, Microsoft is the world’s second-largest company by that measure — just behind Apple. But market cap only tells part of the story. To get a ...

Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Larry Ellison have stayed in the top 20, but the likes of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have ...

Steve Ballmer, who served as Microsoft’s CEO from 2000 to 2014, has seen his wealth grow substantially over the course of his career — and even more substantially since his 2014 retirement. In fact, ...

Steve Ballmer went from being Bill Gates' assistant to his successor as Microsoft CEO, and now he's surpassed him in wealth for the first time.