How to merge table cells in Latex
I have this table
\begin{table*}[htbp]
\caption{Test Table}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline
\textbf{\thead{Type}} & \textbf{\thead{Category}} & \textbf{{Name}}\\
\hline
Apple&IT&Nancy\\
\hline
Apple&Business&Mike\\
\hline
Apple&IT&Ali\\
\hline
Microsoft&Marketing&Linda\\
\hline
Microsoft&IT&Sam\\
\hline
Google&Marketing&Eduard\\
\hline
Google&Business&John\\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{graph_1}
\end{center}
\end{table*}
I want to join similar values in the first column
So it would look like this.
\usepackage[labelfont=bf]{caption}