Steve Ballmer

CEO
Microsoft

Ballmer is CEO of Microsoft Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of software for personal and business computing. He joined Microsoft in 1980, the first business manager hired by his former classmate at Harvard, Bill Gates. Variously described as ebullient, focused, hard-charging and energetic, Ballmer grew up near Detroit, where his father worked as a manager at Ford Motor Co. After Harvard, he worked for two years at Procter & Gamble, as an assistant product manager, after which he attended the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He did not create a startup in his garage while there, but he has done well nonetheless.

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Microsoft’s Woes Raise Stakes for Windows Blue

Shira Ovide, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 11 at 3:45 pm PT

With hope fading that Microsoft Corp.’s new Windows 8 software will reignite computer sales, attention is already shifting to the company’s next big effort to regain relevance: Windows Blue.

Pinterest’s Value, Microsoft’s Mobile “Mistake” and Tesla’s Proud Owners: The AllThingsD Week in Review 2/17/13 – 2/23/13

Eric Johnson in General on February 23 at 8:00 am PT

The Top 10 stories of the week, in one convenient serving.

I Love You, Man: Gates Lashes Himself to Ballmer Over Microsoft’s Mobile “Mistake” (Video)

Kara Swisher in Mobile on February 18 at 2:41 pm PT

Totes magotes.

Will There Ever Be a Surface Mini? Sounds Like It.

John Paczkowski in News on February 14 at 3:45 am PT

Don’t be surprised if you see Microsoft release a smaller version of its Surface tablet in the months ahead.

Microsoft Earnings Come In on Target

John Paczkowski in News on January 24 at 1:12 pm PT

Second-quarter earnings per share beat expectations by a penny, while revenue was just under predictions.

After Getting Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From Microsoft, Nokia to Start Paying Redmond

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 24 at 3:56 am PT

There was a doozy of a footnote in Nokia’s earnings report on Thursday.

Tell Me Again How Surface Is the Tablet Consumers Really Want

John Paczkowski in News on January 15 at 4:43 am PT

Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet sold one million units in the fourth quarter. Maybe.

News Byte

Microsoft Millionaire Matchups in the Offing for NBA?

John Murrell in General on January 9 at 1:35 pm PT

Multiple sources are reporting that an investor group led by hedge fund manager Chris Hansen and including Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is close to buying the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and moving the team to Seattle, which has been bereft of pro hoops since the Sonics left in 2008. If the deal goes through, it should add extra spice to a rivalry with the Portland Trail Blazers, owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.