Marla Wood worked as an administrative assistant and bookkeeper for Microsoft

Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...

, and was one of the company's first 12 employees. She organized the non-exempt employees at Microsoft and filed an overtime

Overtime

Overtime is the amount of time someone works beyond normal working hours. Normal hours may be determined in several ways:*by custom ,*by practices of a given trade or profession,*by legislation,...

 pay dispute, which was later settled. In 1980, she and her husband, Steve

Steve Wood (entrepreneur)

Steve Wood 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....

, became the first of those 11 to leave Microsoft.

Marla Wood now spends her time raising the couple's two children and working as a volunteer in Sammamish, Washington

Sammamish, Washington

-Surrounding cities and communities:-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 34,104 people, 11,131 households, and 9,650 families residing in the city. In 2007, the population is expected to pass 40,000....

. The couple is estimated to have a personal net worth of $15 million.

External links

• Associated Press profile of early employees