In Pictures: 15 Microsoft alumni - Where are they now?

The software giant recruits from the best talent and it gets spread around when they leave

Paul Maritz

After a long run at Microsoft, from 1986 to 2000, Paul Maritz finished up as the executive vice president of the company's platforms strategy and development group and sat on the company's executive management team where he was regarded as No. 3 in the corporate hierarchy. He is now chairman of VMware, having turned over the reins as CEO in September 2012. Fun fact: He is credited with creating the term "eating your own dog food" to express the practice of vendors using their own products in production.

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