Steve Ballmer is an American billionaire businessman

Steven Anthony Ballmer is born March 24, 1956

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who served as the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014

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He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA)

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He is a co-founder of Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company

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As of November 2023, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates his personal wealth at around $122 billion

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making him the sixth-richest person in the world

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Ballmer was hired by Bill Gates at Microsoft in 1980, and subsequently left the MBA program at Stanford University

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He eventually became president in 1998, and replaced Gates as CEO on January 13, 2000

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On February 4, 2014, Ballmer retired as CEO and was replaced by Satya Nadella

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Ballmer remained on Microsoft's Board of Directors until August 19, 2014

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His tenure as Microsoft CEO is widely viewed as mixed

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The company tripled sales and doubled profits

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but lost its market dominance and missed out on 21st-century technology trends such as the ascendance of smartphones in the forms of iPhone and Android

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