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Business News

Bill Gates Says Steve Ballmer Was the Business Partner He Badly Needed — So He Gave Up 4% of Microsoft to Recruit Him

Gates, the billionaire philanthropist who cofounded Microsoft, met Ballmer in a graduate economics class in the fall of 1976.

Leadership

Steve Ballmer or Satya Nadella? Leadership Lessons Every Entrepreneur Can Learn from Microsoft

The contrasting leadership styles of Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella highlight how understanding your entrepreneurial archetype — Creator, Builder, or Opportunist — can shape business success through a balance of stability and innovation.

Noticias

Steve Ballmer supera a Warren Buffett: su poco convencional estrategia de inversión

El exCEO de Microsoft, con una fortuna de $151,000 millones de dólares, confiesa que su enfoque poco ortodoxo lo mantiene como uno de los hombres más ricos del mundo.

Noticias

El alumno supera al maestro: Steve Ballmer ahora tiene mayor fortuna que Bill Gates

Desde 2014, Steve Ballmer es el principal accionista de Microsoft, empresa que actualmente vive su mayor auge económico.

Business News

Bill Gates' Former Right-Hand Man Is Now the 5th Richest Person in the World

Ballmer was Microsoft's 30th employee when he started in 1980.

Thought Leaders

Lifestyles of the Rich and Frugal: 7 Thrifty Millionaires and Billionaires

These folks have money, but they also have restraint.

Business News

Can We Agree That the Nokia Buy Was a Total Disaster for Microsoft?

After write-offs, an impairment charge, and thousands of job cuts, can Microsoft recoup any value from its $7.2 billion Nokia acquisition? Let the debate begin.

Thought Leaders

8 of the Greatest Commencement Quotes From Business Leaders

Who couldn't use a shot of inspiration and wisdom at graduation -- or all the time? These eight business leaders brought some serious game to their commencement speeches.

Business News

Steve Ballmer La-La-Loves Fergie's New Hit Song, Too

True to his wild ways, the boisterous former Microsoft CEO Fergaliciously came unhinged at last night's Los Angeles Clippers game. You have to see it to believe it.

Business Ideas

What's the Smarter Move, Start My Business or Stay in School?

If you know in your heart you want to be an entrepreneur, weigh carefully whether the value of college outweighs the debt you'll carry when you graduate.

Business News

Guess Who Wrote Microsoft's 'Blue Screen of Death'

The text from that infamous blue screen on Windows PCs was written by none other than ...

Business News

Steve Ballmer Leaves Microsoft's Board

Ballmer said he plans to devote much of his attention to the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team, which he recently bought for $2 billion.

Marketing

Steve Ballmer Goes Bonkers During LA Clippers Introduction

True to his ways, the former Microsoft CEO knows how to get the crowd riled up.

Business News

3 Life Lessons From Steve Ballmer's Rousing Graduation Speech

Microsoft's recently departed CEO and the soon-to-be owner of the LA Clippers shared his own life advice with the graduates at the University of Washington.