Saturday, December 24, 2016

Microsoft founding members 1978 - 2008

 1978






2008





Andrea Lewis became a fiction writer and freelance journalist



Bill Gates became a philanthropist





Bob Greenberg left Microsoft and worked on the Cabbage patch kid dolls





Bob O'Rear went on to be a cattle rancher




Bob Wallace was a fan of psychedelic drugs and founded a software company, died in 2002.






Gordon Letwin stayed with Microsoft longer than anyone other than Bill Gates





Jim Lane went on to do his own software company





Marc McDonald left Microsoft because it was getting big, but ended up back at the company anyway





Maria Wood sued Microsoft just two years later and settled and became a volunteer.




Paul Allen has spent his billions on sports teams, startups, and much more





Steve Wood went on to found Wireless Services Corp.




An article with more content appeared in Business Insider and many times in the long run these articles are either archived or removed. I recreated some content of interest to me here courtesy Business Insider article link provided below.

http://www.businessinsider.in/Where-are-the-first-11-Microsoft-employees-today/Bob-ORear-went-on-to-be-a-cattle-rancher/slideshow/56142606.cms

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