Where are the first 11 Microsoft employees today?

Ben Gilbert

Dec 23, 2016, 19:47 IST

Usually, there's a question above the photo: "Would you have invested?"

More than just a ragtag group of bearded weirdos assembled for a family portrait in Albuquerque, this gaggle of amazingly retro folks is responsible for creating Microsoft.

Maybe you spotted a precocious Bill Gates in the lower left? Look at that killer head of hair!

The photo was taken just before the then-startup left Albuquerque for Seattle. Unsurprisingly, Microsoft couldn't find anyone willing to move to New Mexico.

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Early employee Bob Greenberg, pictured in the middle, won the free portrait after calling in to a radio show and guessing the name of an assassinated president. The gang gathered together in some of their finest late-'70s attire, and an American business legend was born.

Most of us know what happened with the two guys in the bottom left and bottom right corners - Bill Gates, and Paul Allen. But what about the rest? Let's dig in!

Jay Yarow contributed to an earlier version of this story.

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