# Source: https://businessownerindex.com/company-reference/traf-o-data-q2632842/

U.S. founder reference library

# Traf-O-Data

early predecessor company to Microsoft

## Company context

The public record describes Traf-O-Data as early predecessor company to Microsoft. Its recorded founding year is 1972.

Public business description

early predecessor company to Microsoft

Country in source record

United States

Founding year in source record

1972

## Recorded founders

- [Bill Gates](https://businessownerindex.com/founder-reference/people/bill-gates-q5284/) · American businessman, investor, and philanthropist (born 1955)

The linked people are recorded under the company’s founder property in the cited dataset. This is a founding association, rather than a verification of current equity or management responsibility.

## Understanding Traf-O-Data in context

Traf-O-Data is included because its public company record connects a named business to an identifiable founding team. The business description, “early predecessor company to Microsoft,” supplies the context for that relationship, with a recorded starting year of 1972. The founding association shown here is with Bill Gates. A single association in this library should not be read as a complete list of everyone who helped establish the business.

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## Research trail

- [Wikidata public record Q2632842](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632842): company description, country, founding year where present, and founder associations.

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