Bill Gates on his Last Day as Microsoft Employee (video)
June 27th, 2008
Today, June 27, 2008 is Bill Gates’ last day as employee of Microsoft. He will remain a chairman for the rest of his life, but after he’d left the office in Seattle at the end of the day today, it will be his last as an executive of Microsoft.
Bill Gates – the most famous Harvard drop-out in the world co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. After over three decades of running the most successful software company in the world, Bill Gates is going to focus on charitable activities with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation he and his wife founded in 2000. Steve Ballmer is taking over the chair of Microsoft’s CEO. When I woke up this morning, I had no idea it was going to be such a significant day. It’s not really, but it’s Bill Gates’ last day and it just seems so weird. Why did he pick June the 27th?
This is the picture of founding employees of Microsoft taken in 1978. It was taken in Albuquerque just before the company moved to Seattle, Washington. Pictured from left to right, front row are Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Marla Wood, and Paul Allen. Middle row: Bob O’Rear, Bob Greenberg, Marc McDonald, and Gordon Letwin. Back row: Steve Wood, Bob Wallace, and Jim Lane. Miriam Lubow, another founding member is missing.
And for the first time in 30 years, the founding employees of Microsoft got together to recreate this famous photo. One of them – Bob Wallace passed away in 2002 so the picture was taken without him.
In this recreation of the original Microsoft photo, founding employees of Microsoft are in this order: from left to right in front row: Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Miriam Lubow, Marla Wood, and Paul Allen. Back row: Bob O’Rear, Steve Wood, Bob Greenberg, Marc McDonald, Gordon Letwin, and Jim Lane. Bob Wallace, who has passed away is not in the picture.
Bill Gates also recorded this cool video about his last day as Microsoft employee. It’s a pretty sweet spoof and fun to watch. The video also features singer Bono from U2 and actor George Clooney. Enjoy. Good luck to Bill Gates in his future endeavors with his philanthropic charitable foundation.
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