Microsoft is arguably the world's most successful and profitable tech company, having recently unlocked $4 trillion in market capitalization ($3.84 trillion at the time of writing). This isn't just by sheer luck; hard work played an important role in the software giant's success.
But perhaps more interestingly, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates admitted that he wasn't always confident that the company would succeed. "I wouldn’t say that I felt comfortable that we were successful until about 1998 or so," added Gates. This was 11 years after Microsoft had gone public, raising over $61 million in a single day.
