On February 30th, 1999,1600 million dollars, the highest market value of listed companies in human history was set by Microsoft. If inflation is included, it is equivalent to 20 12 years 91300 million dollars. Because 1999 was investigated by the anti-monopoly control of the US Congress, Microsoft's share price was extremely frustrated, otherwise it is expected to exceed 850 billion US dollars.
1999 or so, Microsoft did not enter the China market, but only established itself in some foreign markets. Many market spaces have not yet been developed. Scholars believe that if Microsoft occupies the China market, its profits will double or even double, and its market value will steadily exceed 1000 billion US dollars. Without the anti-monopoly of the US Department of Justice and Congress after 1995, the market value of Microsoft would be1500 billion or even 2000 billion.
By the end of 20 13, Microsoft occupied almost every space of the market, and made the market to the extreme, almost reaching the bottleneck. So Microsoft's contribution can't be measured by the value of money.