Name: Steven Anthony “Steve” Ballmer

Born: March 24, 1956, Detroit, Michigan, USA

  • Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, 1980, and became Microsoft’s 30th employee, the first business manager hired by Gates.
  • Former CEO of Microsoft, having held that post from January 2000 to February 4, 2014.

Honors and awards

  • Legion of Honour.

Quotes

“Google’s not a real company. It’s a house of cards.”

“I don’t know what a monopoly is until somebody tells me.”

“Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches.”

  • Bill Gates
  • Satya Nadella

Websites

  • Steve Ballmer on Twitter