Microsoft Hits 1 Trillion in AllTime Revenue and With More Profit than Apple
Last quarter, Microsoft hit a major milestone 1 trillion in all-time cumulative revenue reports technology consultant Jeff Reifman. He noticed the milestone while researching a post about Microsoft's tax breaks in the state of Washington. , Microsoft hit the milestone in its last quarter, according to the spreadsheet posted by Reifman. Apple hit 1 trillion in revenue earlier, in 2015, his research shows. On the other hand, when it comes to profits, Microsoft has come out slightly ahead of Apple 261.6 billion in cumulative profits for Apple, and slightly more, 265.2 billion for Microsoft. Amazon and Google, younger companies than Microsoft and Apple, have not yet hit the 1 trillion revenue mark, but are about half-way there, Reifman reports. Amazon, for instance, came in at 545 billion in all time revenue but only 3.31 billion in profit. Amazon has famously not earned significant profits for most of its existence., As for Google, Reifman's research shows it has so far earned 417.3 billion in all-time revenue with 96.3 billion, cumulatively, in profit. Microsoft declined comment.