The reason why Microsoft ranks first on the list of the top 100 global technology leaders is that Microsoft's Windows products have effectively monopolized the desktop computer operating system market.
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational computer technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Microsoft focuses on R&D, manufacturing, licensing and providing a wide range of computer software services. It is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA. The company's best-selling products are the Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office software.
As a monopoly, Microsoft puts its competitors in a difficult situation: On the one hand, competitors are unwilling to recognize Microsoft's monopoly status. Because in a monopolized market, there is only one provider of products or services. Therefore, for competitors, calling Microsoft a monopoly will put itself in the position of a loser: doing so is tantamount to denying its own existence, or denying its ability to survive and compete.
In April 2017, the world's ten richest listed companies were released, and Microsoft ranked third. In May 2017, Forbes ranked 3rd in the 2017 Global Brand List. In December 2017 On the 21st, the 2017 (14th) "Top 500 World Brands" compiled by the World Brand Lab was announced in New York, with Microsoft ranking fourth.
Now, on January 17, 2018, Thomson Reuters announced the list of the top 100 global technology companies, with Microsoft ranking first. On January 10, 2018, 2018 C-NPS Top 3 Brands in the Home Appliances and Information and Communication Products Industry: Microsoft ranked second in the somatosensory game console with 79 points.
So it makes sense that Microsoft ranks first on the list of the top 100 global technology leaders.