#24 According to a tradition in Microsoft, employee has to bring a pound of M&Ms (colorful button shaped candies) to work on the occasion of its first anniversary after joining the company. Every additional year on staff equals an extra pound of candy in the office.

#25 The first Surface mockup was created from cardboard and secured by nothing more than Scotch tape. The final version of Surface too looked alike to its mockup version.

#26 The Company’s work force include over 76 percent of male and 23 percent of female employees. The average employee age is 38.4 years.

#27 Childhood friends, Paul Allen and Bill Gates coded a scheduling program that placed him in classes with the most female students while attending Lakeside School.

#28 It took 11 years for Microsoft for its first IPO (initial public offering)

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