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set up Hotmail on July 4, 1996. As president and CEO, Bhatia led Hotmail until its
eventual acquisition by Microsoft in 1998 for an estimated $400 million. He was

awarded ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ in 1998 by the venture capital firm Draper
Fisher Jurvetson.

Google

Google LLC is an American multinational technology
company focusing on search engine technology,

online advertising, cloud computing, computer
software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial
intelligence, and consumer electronics. It has been referred to as ‘the most
powerful company in the world’ and one of the world’s most valuable brands.

Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Sundar
Pichai was appointed CEO of Google on October 24, 2015, replacing Larry Page,
who became the CEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company.

Apart from Google Search, the company provides products including email
(Gmail), navigation (Waze & Maps), cloud computing (Cloud), web browsing
(Chrome), video sharing (YouTube), productivity (Workspace), operating systems

(Android), cloud storage (Drive), language translation (Translate), photo storage
(Photos), video calling (Meet), smart home (Nest), smartphones (Pixel), wearable

technology (Pixel Watch & Fitbit), music streaming (YouTube Music), video on
demand (YouTube TV), artificial intelligence (Google Assistant), machine learning
APIs (TensorFlow), AI chips (TPU), and more. When in doubt, just Google it!!!

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational
technology corporation that produces computer
software, consumer electronics, personal computers,

and related services. Its best-known software products
are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the

Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the
Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface line of touchscreen personal
computers. Microsoft was ranked No. 21 in the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings. It was

the world’s largest software maker by revenue as of 2019.

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