Steve Wood (entrepreneur)
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Steve Wood (born ca. 1953) is an American technology-industry programmer, manager, and investor best known as an early Microsoft employee.
Wood graduated with a BS from Case Western Reserve University and an MSEE from Stanford. He was Employee No. 6 at Microsoft, but in 1980 one of the first original employees to leave, after his wife Marla Wood, then a secretary, organized the female employees and filed a sex-discrimination lawsuit (later settled) against the company. He remained close to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and they joined together in various technology ventures. Wood held jobs with Asymetrix, Starwave, Interval Research, McCaw Cellular and Notable Technologies.
In 1996 Wood co-founded Wireless Services Corporation, which provided mobile messaging, and led it as President and CEO until 2004. He remains active on technology company boards and industry promotion groups.
He and his wife Marla have two children and live in Bellevue, Washington. The Woods' combined personal net worth is estimated at $15 million.
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