Microsoft: US’s Most Profitable Tech Companies

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Microsoft, International Business Machines (IBM), Apple, Intel, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Google are the names that come to mind when people think about the biggest tech companies in the world and in the US. In 2011, Microsoft tops the list of US’s most profitable companies thanks to its 2010 profit of $18.8 billion and great successes last year.

 

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