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Steve Ballmer
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American businessman, former chief executive officer of Microsoft
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Steve Ballmer is an American male born on March 24, 1956. He is affiliated with the Ballmer Group Philanthropy and has a net worth of 51,900,000,000. His professional background includes work in the computer field, and he has authored a foreword for one published work. Additionally, he has five works listed in academic databases.
Ballmer has made various public statements regarding technology and corporate strategy. He stated that breaking up Microsoft would be reckless and irresponsible. He also commented on digital rights management, noting that Windows had included DRM for years and that the most common music format on an iPod was "stolen." In other remarks, he mentioned that most people still steal music and that he had "brainwashed" his children to avoid using Google and iPods.
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- Lifespan
- b. 1956
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- 컴퓨터computer
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
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- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- merchant
- Position held
- chief executive officer
- Educated at
- Harvard University
- Employer
- Microsoft
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.ballmergroup.org/steve-ballmer
- Image
- Steve ballmer 2007 outdoors2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1956-03-24
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- net worth
- 41200000000
- vehicle normally used
- Ford Fusion Hybrid
- owner of
- Los Angeles Clippers
- name in native language
- Steve Ballmer
- birth name
- Steven Anthony Ballmer
- affiliation string
- Ballmer Group Philanthropy
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Encyclopedic overview
Steven Anthony Ballmer (/ˈbɔːlmər/ BAWL-mər; born March 24, 1956) is an American businessman and investor who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and a co-founder of the Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company.
As of February 2026, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimated his personal wealth at around $145 billion, making him the thirteenth-richest person in the world, and the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List ranked him as the fourteenth-richest person with a net worth of $130 billion.
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