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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? What happened to the people In Microsoft's iconic 1978 company photo

Oct 21, 2016, 04:50 IST

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It's one of the most iconic photos in American business.

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A ragtag group of bearded weirdos assembled for a family portrait in Albuquerque.

If you see it on Facebook or LinkedIn, there's usually a question above the photo: "Would you have invested?"

It's a trick question. You're supposed to answer no - because well, look at those people - but then you learn it's a company portrait of Microsoft from 1978.

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

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We all 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, many of whom became millionaires?

With Microsoft's stock hitting an all-time high after earnings on Thursday - higher than its previous peak in 1999, at the height of the dot-com boom - we thought it would be a good time to take another look back.

This is an update of a post originally written by Jay Yarow in 2011.

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