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Would You Invest $$$
With This Group???
Cyber-Finance
Top row: Steve Wood (left), Bob Wallace, Jim Lane.
Middle row: Bob O'Rear, Bob Greenberg, Marc McDonald,
Gordon Letwin. Bottom row: Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis,
Marla Wood, Paul Allen. December 7, 1978.
The photo is posted on Microsoft's website on Bill Gates's biography page.
If you had chosen to invest your money with this bunch of scruffy looking
characters back in 1978, you'd be quite rich now. But how rich did the people
in the photo become? Here's their estimated wealth, listed in descending order:
Bill Gates: Still with Microsoft as it's chairman and chief software architect.
His fortune is somewhere in the range of $50 billion.
Paul Allen: Left Microsoft in 1983 but remains a senior strategy advisor to
the company. Worth around $25 billion.
Bob O'Rear: Left Microsoft in 1983. Is now a cattle rancher and is worth around
$100 million.
Bob Greenberg: Left Microsoft in 1981 and then helped launch those Cabbage
Patch Dolls that were so popular in the 1980s. Last time anyone checked, he
was worth around $20 million.
Jim Lane: Left Microsoft in 1985. Now has his own software company and is
worth around $20 million.
Gordon Letwin: Left Microsoft in 1993 and now devotes himself to environmental
causes. Is worth around $20 million.
Steve and Marla Wood: They both left Microsoft in 1980 and Marla then sued the
company for sex discrimination. They're worth around $15 million.
Bob Wallace: Left Microsoft in 1983. Worth around $5 million.
Andrea Lewis: Was Microsoft's first technical writer. Left the company in 1983.
Worth around $2 million.
Marc McDonald: Was Microsoft's first employee. Left the company in 1984,
but recently rejoined the company when Microsoft bought Design Intelligence,
the company he was working for. Has the honor of getting to wear badge number
00001. Probably worth at least $1 million.
- 1Sa 16:7 - Show Context But the LORD said to Samuel,
- "Don't judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected
- him. The LORD doesn't make decisions the way you do!
- People judge by outward appearance, but the LORD looks
- at a person's thoughts and intentions."
- 2Co 10:7 - Show Context The trouble with you is that you make
- your decisions on the basis of appearance.
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