Apple and Microsoft have a lot in common beyond being two of the most valuable and recognizable brands in the world.
Both companies were launched in the mid-1970s and helped kick-start the personal computer revolution. Both were co-founded by visionaries who would themselves become legendary business and technology figures — Steve Jobs for Apple, and Bill Gates and Paul Allen for Microsoft. Both also changed the world in ways that still resonate 50 years later, and continue to be powerhouses on Wall Street.
