A planet is a celestial body that (a) has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that it assumes a hydrostatic equilibrium (nearly round) shape, and (b) is in orbit around a star, and is neither a star nor a satellite of a planet.
It's Official: Apple Is Now Worth More Than Microsoft. UPDATE 3: Apple's market cap closed the day at $222.12 billion. Microsoft's closed at $219.18 billion. UPDATE 2: And now it really is official... As of early afternoon, Apple's market cap is now bigger than Microsoft's (see graphic below).
Microsoft is a publicly owned stock corporation. It does not belong to any one person, but is owned by thousands of people that own shares of Microsoft. The company itself wasâ¦ founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The current Chief Executive Officer is Satya Nadella (since 2014).