--- description: GitHub has yet to make a profit from its popular service, and has been in search of a CEO. title: Microsoft Is Buying Computer Coding Giant Github for $7.5 Billion image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb53299841da36b/6989322eab6d775ebc6b2dd1/microsoft-github-deal.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Microsoft](/tag/microsoft/) ## Microsoft Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Microsoft Is Buying Computer Coding Giant Github for $7.5 Billion by [Dina Bass and Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Dina Bass and Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2018 1:58 PM CUT  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the Microsoft Build Developer Conference on March 30, 2016 in San Francisco Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella during the Microsoft Build Developer Conference on March 30, 2016 in San FranciscoJustin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Dina Bass and Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg](/author/bloomberg/) ## Dina Bass and Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 4, 2018 1:58 PM CUT Microsoft Corp. said it reached an agreement to buy GitHub Inc., the code repository company popular with many software developers, for $7.5 billion in stock. The acquisition provides a way forward for San Francisco-based GitHub, which has been trying for nine months to find a new chief executive officer and has yet to make a profit from its popular service that allows coders to share and collaborate on their work. It also helps Microsoft, which is increasingly relying on open-source software, to add programming tools and tie up with a company that has become a key part of the way Microsoft writes its own software. GitHub will operate independently with former Xamarin CEO and current Microsoft developer tools executive Nat Friedman as it’s CEO, Microsoft said in a statement Monday. It will continue to support the programming languages, tools and operating systems of the user’s choice. Microsoft expects the deal to close by the end of the year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5300059/microsoft-buys-github-coding-giant/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5300059/microsoft-buys-github-coding-giant/"},"headline":"Microsoft Is Buying Computer Coding Giant Github for $7.5 Billion","datePublished":"2018-06-04T13:58:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:51:45.962Z","description":"GitHub has yet to make a profit from its popular service","url":"https://time.com/5300059/microsoft-buys-github-coding-giant/","keywords":["Microsoft","Tech","Bloomberg","onetime","Business"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb53299841da36b/6989322eab6d775ebc6b2dd1/microsoft-github-deal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dina Bass and Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4bb53299841da36b/6989322eab6d775ebc6b2dd1/microsoft-github-deal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella","caption":"Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/microsoft/","name":"Microsoft"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5300059/microsoft-buys-github-coding-giant/","name":"Microsoft Is Buying Computer Coding Giant Github for $7.5 Billion"}}]}] ```