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In September, TIME magazine ranked Microsoft asthe best company in the worldbased on employee satisfaction and other metrics.

As it turns out, this isn’t the only award Microsoft is bagging this year.

Satya Nadella

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

Apple came in second place, followed closely by NVIDIA, which isn’t entirely surprising.

Microsoft excelled extremely well across most categories, except customer satisfaction, which came in at 148th place.

He terms itthe most challenging skill to learn, yet vital to run any business successfully.

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood.

Xbox Series X Controller

Bill Gates, co-chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, delivers a keynote speech on the closing day of the Global Solutions Summit in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates, former CEOs of Microsoft.

Marc Benioff, chief executive officer of Salesforce Inc., speaks during a press conference at the 2024 Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.

Bill Gates holding up a copy of Windows XP operating system in New York�s Times Square.

Apple Store in Bangkok, Thailand

Cloud servers

Microsoft 50

Microsoft event

Dell Inspiron 14 2-in-1 (7445)

Lenovo Yoga 7 backside.

A composite image showing the Geekom A7 mini PC in both horizontal and vertical positions against a blue and black background.

Lenovo 16" IdeaPad Laptop on a man�s lap and displaying a video call.

AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Crucial T500 1TB SSD with heatsink on a mechanical gaming keyboard.

Marathon gameplay reveal