Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer, Satya Nadella, Brad Smith, and Amy Hood.
Amble through the quiet suburban streets of Redmond and it might not quite feel
you are in a place that has shaped the entire region—and globe—in its image. After all, many Microsoft leaders are equally nondescript, tending to blend in with
the programmers and engineers who make up the tech giant’s ranks. But the company’s most enduring—and wealthy—bosses have become shorthand for its subtle
and far-reaching influence, holding major sway over Seattle’s tech culture, its
philanthropic-industrial complex, and even its built landscape. Like it or not, the executives who built (and continue to build)
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