Microsoft funds local tech centres.Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Corp. Chairman Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. announced the company will expand its funding and support for its Unlimited Potential program by $25.2 million (U.S.) to a total of more than $152 million in cash and software for community technology centers. CTCs provide basic technology skills and job training in underserved communities around the globe (including North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ), and the latest round of Microsoft(R) UP grants will support 126 nonprofit organizations Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that are expanding existing programs or opening new CTCs in 64 countries, bringing the number of centers to 36,000 and the estimated number of people who can benefit from the centers to more than 15 million. |
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