Great Plains Software

Great Plains Software, Inc.
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: GPSI
Industry	Information technology
Founded	1981
Founder	Joseph Larson
Defunct	2001
Fate	Acquired by Microsoft
Headquarters	Fargo, North Dakota
Area served	United States
Key people	Doug Burgum (President); Joseph Larson (Director);
Number of employees	2,200

Great Plains Software, Inc. was an accounting software company located in Fargo, North Dakota, whose products focused on small to medium-sized businesses. It was founded in 1981, went public in 1997, and was sold to Microsoft in 2001. Prior to its acquisition, it had 2,200 employees.

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