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Microsoft just turned 50. Here’s a look at an iconic 1978 photo of its first employees and where they are now
Letwin had a net worth of $20 million as of 2000. One of the oldest employees at Microsoft at the time of the first photo, Bob O’Rear was chief mathematician and one of the primary coders for the ...
In their own words: Microsoft leaders, past and present, on the company’s legacy and impact
What’s the significance of Microsoft in modern business and tech history? For the past several months, in the course of reporting GeekWire’s Microsoft@50 series, we’ve asked variations of that ...
Microsoft turns 50: 4 employees recall their early years
Microsoft built things. It broke things. It created opportunities for people who never thought they’d work in the tech ...
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Standing up for Microsoft: Recognizing the company’s employees, back to one of its first
The crowd at GeekWire’s recent Microsoft@50 event included many current and former employees and executives from the company, and we capitalized on the opportunity to recognize them. First, the ...
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Two Microsoft Employees Were Fired After Protesting: Why One Protester Said to AI CEO ‘Shame On You’
This isn’t the first time Microsoft has faced internal backlash over its operations. On October 24, 2024, two other employees, Abdo Mohamed and Hossam Nasr, were fired after their part in a ...
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Microsoft just turned 50. Here’s a look at an iconic 1978 photo of its first employees and where they are now
One of the oldest employees at Microsoft at the time of the first photo, Bob O’Rear was chief mathematician and one of the primary coders for the company’s MS-DOS operating system. He later ...