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.

Posts With Steve Ballmer

Microsoft Earnings Surprisingly Better Than Expected

Surprise. Microsoft beats expectations.
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Slower Windows Sales Dent Microsoft Earnings

Redmond posted a rare drop in overall net income for the quarter as the unit that houses Windows posted a 6 percent year-over-year decline.
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The Chat I Had With Stephen Elop as We Both Nearly Missed Final Ballmer-Note

The Nokia chief had plenty to say about the new Lumia 900, Windows Phone and more. In fact, the chat was so good, we ran late to see Microsoft’s last CES keynote.
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Bloomberg Bizweek: Steve Ballmer a “Monkey Boy” No More

Despite the tough act of following Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer has quietly transformed Microsoft into a different kind of company, at least according to Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Nokia Could Sell 37 Million Windows Phones This Year

And 64 million the next.
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Kinect Helps Keep Aging Xbox at the Top of Its Game

Turns out the big consumer electronics highlight of Microsoft’s final CES keynote last night was its six-year-old Xbox, thanks in large part to the Kinect.
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Microsoft Phoning In Its Last CES Keynote

The company is making a strong argument for why it is probably best that this year’s Vegas appearance will be its last. Expect some theatrics, but very little news.
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Dynamic Dual Coverage: Ballmer’s Last Act in Vegas and the BCS Championship in 3-D

What? The biggest game in college football and the official start to CES are on at the same time? Fret not — AllThingsD had you covered with two live blogs in one.
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Intel Awaits Microsoft’s Next Number

Microsoft Corp. sent shock waves through the tech sector a year ago with a radical shift in strategy, a plan to develop a next generation of software that relies less exclusively on 30-year partner Intel Corp.

Microsoft Pulling Out of CES After Upcoming Show

Redmond said on Wednesday that this year’s CES keynote will be the company’s last major involvement at the show.
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