Steve Ballmer
$153.1B
Born
Mar 24, 1956
Age
69
Source of Wealth
Microsoft
Residence
Hunts Point, Washington
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard University; Drop Out, Stanford University
- Steve Ballmer is the high-wattage former CEO of Microsoft, who led the company from 2000 to 2014.
- He joined Microsoft in 1980 as employee No. 30 after dropping out of Stanford's MBA program.
- Ballmer oversaw Microsoft after the first dot-com crash and through efforts to catch up to Google in search capabilities and Apple in mobile phones.
- The same year he retired from Microsoft he bought the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion; Forbes now values the team at $5.5 billion.
- He has ramped up his philanthropy since 2014; to date the Ballmers have given away more than $4 billion.
- In 2022, he and his wife Connie committed $425 million to the University of Oregon for an institute to address the behavioral and mental health needs of children in the state.
- Ballmer and Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates were classmates at Harvard.
- Ballmer created a website called USAFacts.org for people to look up and understand where the government is spending money.
| Exchange | Ticker | Company Name | Number Of Shares | Share Price | Currency Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NASDAQ | MSFT-US | Microsoft | 252,818,000 | 504.24 | USD |
| Stagwell | 7,140,000 | 5.62 | USD | ||
| NYSE | TWTR-US | Twitter, Inc. | 0 | 53.70 | USD |