Top shareholders of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) include prominent figures 𝕴such as CEO Satya Nadella, President Bradford L. Smith, Chief People Officer Kathleen Hogan, and major institutional investors like Vanguard Group Inc., BlackRock Inc. (BLK), and State Street Corp.

Microsoft is one of the world's largest companies by market value and among the tech industry's greatest success stories. Founded in 1975, its Windows software product turned it into a multi-billion dollar corporation within a few years. Microsoft's business encompasses personal computing devices, cloud systems and services, software, artificial intelligence (AI), and related products sold to individual consumers and businesses.

Its market capitalization currently exceeds $3 trillion, with 12-month trailing revenue of $245 billion and net income of $88 billion as of September 2024. Here's a more detailed look at Microsoft's six biggest shareholders.

Top 3 Individual Insider Shareholders

Satya Nadella

Satya Nadella owned 864,327 shares of Microsoft stock as of September 4, 2024.

Nadella has served as Microsoft's chief executive officer (CEO) since 2014. He joined Microsoft in 1992. He has held leadership roles in Microsoft's enterprise and consumer businesses and served as executive vice president of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group, where he led the transformation to the cloud infrastructure and services business, which has outperformed the market and taken share from competition.

Under Nadella's leadership, Microsoft has become one of the largest cloud service providers globally. Before his time at Microsoft, Nadella worked on the technology staff at Sun Microsystems.

Bradford L. Smith

Brad Smith owned 584,847 shares of Microsoft stock as of Sept. 3, 2024.

Smith is president and vice chair of the company, having previously served as Microsoft's general counsel. He serves as the company’s chief legal officer and leads the company's initiatives on public issues such as cybersecurity, privacy, and environmental sustainability.

After joining Microsoft in 2002 as general counsel, Smith spent the following decade leading work to resolve the company’s antitrust controversies with governments around the world. He was previously an associate then partner at Covington and Burling in Washington, D.C.

Kathleen Hogan

Kathleen Hogan owned 167,538 shares of Microsoft stock as of Sept. 3, 2024.

Hogan joined Microsoft in 2003 as its executive vice president and chief people officer. She focuses on the needs and satisfaction of the company's 228,000 global employees.

Hogan also serves on the executive council of the Society for Human Resource Management and on the board of the National Center for Women and Information Technology. In 2021, Human Resource Executive magazine named her "HR Executive of the Year" for her work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Top 3 Institutional Shareholders

Institutional investors hold most of Microsoft's shares, about 71.13% of the total shares outstanding as of Sept. 10, 2024.

Vanguard Group Inc.

Vanguard Group owns 675.91 million shares of Microsoft, representing 9.09% of the total shares outstanding as of June 30, 2024.

Vanguard is primarily a mutual fund and ETF management company, with about $9.3 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2024. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) is among the company's largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with $508.7 billion in net assets as of Aug. 31, 2024.

BlackRock Inc.

BlackRock owns 553.98 million shares of Microsoft, as of June 30, 2024. This represents 7.45% of the total shares outstanding.

BlackRock is primarily a mutual fund and ETF management company with approximately $10.65 trillion in global AUM as of June 2024.

State Street Corp.

As of June 30, 2024, State Street owned 300.03 million shares of Microsoft, representing 4.04% of the total shares outstanding.

State Street manages mutual funds, ETFs, and other investments with $4.1 trillion in AUM at the close of 2023. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) is among State Street's largest ETFs with approximately $547 billion in AUM as of Sept. 9, 2024.

The Bottom Line

Microsoft’s largest shareholders include insiders like Satya Nadella, Bradford L. Smith, and😼 Kaꦡthleen Hogan, as well as institutional giants like Vanguard, BlackRock, and State Street.

With a market capitalization exceeding $3 trillion and steady financial performance, Microsoft's shareholder structure reflects a strong balance between individual leadership and institutional backing. As the company expands into new areas like AI, it continues to be a dominant force in both the tech industry and the broader market.