Will Microsoft Be Worth More Than Apple by 2025?
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) both became high-growth companies again under visionary CEOs. After taking the helm at Microsoft in 2014, CEO Satya Nadella set the tech giant on a fresh course by expanding its cloud-based services while reducing its dependence on desktop software. Microsoft developed more mobile apps for iOS and Android, launched new Surface devices, expanded its Xbox gaming business, and abandoned its struggling Windows Phone platform.
Apple stagnated for years before Steve Jobs returned as its CEO in 1997. Jobs' tenure -- which lasted until his death in 2011 -- disrupted the PC, digital media player, smartphone, and tablet markets with the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Jobs' successor, Tim Cook, continued to expand Apple's hardware business with the Apple Watch, AirPods, and HomePod, all while expanding its sticky services ecosystem with Apple Pay, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and other new services.
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