The data displays how many employees work at Microsoft Corporation since 2005. In fiscal year 2018, Microsoft employed 131 thousand people worldwide, this was up from 61,000 in 2005. Over the last four decades Microsoft has become a vast multinational corporation. Its diverse business portfolio covers personal computers, computer software, and electronics, and more recently Microsoft has taken up a strong position in the cloud computing market. In 2018, the company ranked as the seventh most valuable brand in the world, with an estimated brand value of around 81 billion USD.
