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Microsoft

The PC Era · 1990s — one of the 100 companies on the MogulSpin reels.

The legends

Bill Gates — Harvard Dropout

Co-founder & CEO

Left Harvard to bet that software, not hardware, would rule the PC.

Dropped out of Harvard
Wrote BASIC for the Altair 8800

Paul Allen — The Idea Man

Steve Ballmer — Developers, Developers, Developers

David Cutler — Father of Windows NT

Also on the roster

Pete Higgins · Jeff Raikes · Bob Herbold · Brad Chase · Charles Simonyi · Nathan Myhrvold · Brad Silverberg · Jim Allchin · J Allard · David Marquardt · Jon Shirley · Technology Venture Investors

When Microsoft lands on your reels, these are the people you draft — Visionary, Operator, Builder, Financier, one irreversible lock at a time. How few companies in the world will be worth more than yours?

SPIN THE MACHINE

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