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Gabe Newell

American computer programmer and businessman

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Gabe Newell is an American computer programmer and businessman who co-founded Valve Corporation, a highly influential video game and software company. He matters because Valve created popular games like the Half-Life series and developed Steam, a digital platform that fundamentally changed how people buy and play video games.

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Gabe Newell (born November 3, 1962) is the co-founder and managing director of game development company Valve Corporation. His interest in music began when he was young, saying, "I went to Croatia when I was about four years old, and it was there that I laid my eyes upon the Sea Organ, a natural instrument played by the sea on the shores of Zadar. I was fascinated and it stuck with me, long after co-founding Valve games, and long after my subsequent addiction to World of Warcraft. <a href="https

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Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962), also known by his nickname GabeN, is an American video game developer and businessman. He is the co-founder, president and majority owner of the video game company Valve Corporation.

Newell was born in Aspen, Colorado, and grew up in Davis, California. He attended Harvard University in the early 1980s but dropped out to join Microsoft, where he helped create the first versions of the Windows operating system. He also led development on a port of the game Doom for Windows 95.