Steve Ballmer on Microsoft’s first 50 years, its OpenAI deal, and why he’s still its biggest investor “I was too emotionally attached,” Ballmer told Acquired hosts Ben Gilbert and David ...

Ballmer’s legacy, however, is equally marred by his missteps, including Microsoft’s $6 billion purchase of online ad firm aQuantive in 2007, which led to a $6.2 billion write-down five years ...

Former Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer disclosed a previously unknown rift with co-founder Bill Gates that left the tech executives not speaking for an entire year during Ballmer's transition to ...

Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 and became chief executive in 2000. During his 14-year tenure, Microsoft’s revenue tripled. As Ballmer left, Eric Jackson at the hedge fund Ironfire Capital told ...

Steve Ballmer said on a recent podcast that his "Developers!" chant years ago was a "call to action." The former Microsoft CEO was frustrated with how the company viewed itself in the early 2000s.

Ballmer’s net worth is so high because he held Microsoft stock long after leaving the CEO position in 2014. He joined the tech company in 1980 and became CEO in 2000. During his 14-year tenure ...

Back in October, Ballmer’s annual letter to Microsoft shareholders explained that the company, moving forward, saw itself as being in the “devices and services” business. He wrote that this ...

Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts hires new CTO, who calls access to non-biased data ‘everything right now’ by Kurt Schlosser on May 22, 2025 at 3:29 pm May 22, 2025 at 3:29 pm ...

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came close to selling his entire stake in the company around 2015 or 2016, after his departure, before two people on his team made the case to keep his stock.