On April 4, 1975, two young visionaries, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, set out to do something bold: build a software company for the nascent world of personal computing. Their vision? A computer on every desk and in every home. At a time when software wasn’t even considered an industry, that idea felt radical. Today, it feels prophetic.
I didn’t grow up knowing I’d one day be part of that journey. Not to age myself, but I was 7-plus years old when Microsoft started.
