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Here's a look at the life of Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft.
Birthdate: March 24, 1956
Place of birth: Detroit, Michigan
Birth name: Steven Antonio Ballmer
Father: Fred Ballmer, CEO of Ford Motor Co.
Mother: Bea (Dworkin) Ballmer
Marriage: Connie Snyder (1990-present)
Children: three children
Education: Harvard University, BA, 1977, double major in Mathematics and Economics; Attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business, 1979-1980
He became friends with Bill Gates while at Harvard University.
He worked for Procter & Gamble as deputy product manager before Microsoft.
He met his wife, Connie Snyder, while they were both working at Microsoft.
1980 – He begins his career at Microsoft as a commercial director and is the company's 24th employee.
July 1998-February 2001 – President of Microsoft.
January 13, 2000 – He is named CEO when Gates leaves office to focus on philanthropy.
February 4, 2014 – Resigns as CEO of Microsoft.
May 29, 2014 – Ballmer signs binding agreement to purchase Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion from Sterling family trust.
August 12, 2014 – Ballmer becomes the official owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, according to Ballmer's attorney, Adam Streisand. The negotiated sale price of $2 billion is a record at the time for an NBA team.
August 19, 2014 – He leaves the Microsoft board to focus on the Clippers.
October 16, 2015 – It announces that it has bought a 4% stake in Twitter over the past few months, becoming one of its largest shareholders.
2015 – The Ballmers founded the Ballmer Group, a philanthropic organization focused on civic activism and economic mobility.
June 4, 2016 – Together with Brandt Vaughan, he founded the USAFacts Institute. Ballmer later describes the institute's work as creating a “10-K for the government,” according to a Bloomberg interview.
March 1, 2022 – University of Oregon launches Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health. The institute was founded thanks to a donation of $425 million from the Ballmers.
October 19, 2022 – The Ballmers announce they will invest $400 million in organizations focused on Black-owned businesses. The organizations are Fairview Capital, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, GCM Grosvenor and Ariel Alternatives' Project Black.
March 7, 2024 – Announces the formation of an umbrella brand called Halo Sports and Entertainment that includes the LA Clippers, its G-League affiliate team, Intuit Dome and KIA Forum.
