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Visual Capitalist has a set of pie charts that show the breakdown of revenue streams for 5 of the top tech giants, including MS, Google, Amazon, etc. that illus

Visual Capitalist has a set of pie charts that show the breakdown of revenue streams for 5 of the top tech giants, including MS, Google, Amazon, etc. that illustrate exactly what you're talking about: http://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-5-tech-giants-make-billions/ http://www.visualcapitalist.com/chart-5-tech-giants-make-bil... Google is poorly diversified and even Amazon is not as well diversified as one might think.

enitihas 9y ago
The link is an eye opener. Xbox contributes to 11% of MS revenue, and Window 9%. The world of personal computing has truly changed and Microsoft has really diverse revenue streams.
- uiri 9y ago
  Keep in mind that that is consumer Windows. Active Directory and Exchange run on Windows Server and I'm sure every large business has a fleet of those (or has decided to ditch them in favour of Azure). I wonder what falls in the "other" bucket. Visual Studio / MSDN come to mind. Perhaps Enterprise Services is split out from Azure & Windows Server. It looks like Dynamics might be reported separately from Office although I'd normally expect it to be grouped with it instead.
auggierose 9y ago
Nice link! Also very interesting that while Apple and Microsoft are clearly Tech companies, Google and Facebook are clearly Media companies.
- ec109685 9y ago
  Why would you say that? Google isn’t purely monetizing it’s own content pages like a media company. Selling ads doesn’t make oneself a media company.
Santosh83 9y ago
Does anyone know what constitutes the 'Other' portion of Microsoft's pie chart, accounting for 18% of their share of revenue?
- GuB-42 9y ago
  - Development tools (Visual Studio...) - SQL Server - Video games (Halo, Minecraft...) - LinkedIn - Hardware like mice, keyboards, hololens, ... - Probably many others
  - Theodores 9y ago
    Or it could be the work building out SkyNet for the NSA. The 18% other should be Windows Phone but it isn't.
  - uiri 9y ago
    SQL Server would be part of Server & Azure. Not sure if Video Games are part of XBox or not.
stcredzero 9y ago
even Amazon is not as well diversified as one might think I think Amazon's apparent lack of diversification is actually a lack of granularity in the data presented. The real question is how diversified Amazon Products is.
trhway 9y ago
FB earnings to revenue just waiting for somebody to come and say "your earnings is my opportunity"
greggman 9y ago
awesome link. anyone know similar links for other companies? would love to know Sony, Konami, Panasoic, and other companies have have extremely diverse interests

enitihas 9y ago

The link is an eye opener. Xbox contributes to 11% of MS revenue, and Window 9%. The world of personal computing has truly changed and Microsoft has really diverse revenue streams.

uiri 9y ago
Keep in mind that that is consumer Windows. Active Directory and Exchange run on Windows Server and I'm sure every large business has a fleet of those (or has decided to ditch them in favour of Azure). I wonder what falls in the "other" bucket. Visual Studio / MSDN come to mind. Perhaps Enterprise Services is split out from Azure & Windows Server. It looks like Dynamics might be reported separately from Office although I'd normally expect it to be grouped with it instead.

auggierose 9y ago

Nice link! Also very interesting that while Apple and Microsoft are clearly Tech companies, Google and Facebook are clearly Media companies.

ec109685 9y ago
Why would you say that? Google isn’t purely monetizing it’s own content pages like a media company. Selling ads doesn’t make oneself a media company.

Santosh83 9y ago

Does anyone know what constitutes the 'Other' portion of Microsoft's pie chart, accounting for 18% of their share of revenue?

GuB-42 9y ago
- Development tools (Visual Studio...) - SQL Server - Video games (Halo, Minecraft...) - LinkedIn - Hardware like mice, keyboards, hololens, ... - Probably many others
- Theodores 9y ago
  Or it could be the work building out SkyNet for the NSA. The 18% other should be Windows Phone but it isn't.
- uiri 9y ago
  SQL Server would be part of Server & Azure. Not sure if Video Games are part of XBox or not.

stcredzero 9y ago

even Amazon is not as well diversified as one might think I think Amazon's apparent lack of diversification is actually a lack of granularity in the data presented. The real question is how diversified Amazon Products is.

trhway 9y ago

FB earnings to revenue just waiting for somebody to come and say "your earnings is my opportunity"

greggman 9y ago

awesome link. anyone know similar links for other companies? would love to know Sony, Konami, Panasoic, and other companies have have extremely diverse interests