takeahike 50 years ago to the day, April 4, 1975, Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gates looks like he was young enough to have had to get working papers required for minors. Microsoft staff 1978
takeahike OmegaWolf747 Per the caption under the picture from the article in the OP that is Marla Wood–Paul Allen just to her left.
takeahike takeahike Microsoft just turned 50. Here’s a look at the iconic 1978 photo in the OP of its first employees and a story all about where all of them are now.