F ormer Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came close to selling his entire stake in the company around 2015 or 2016, after his departure, before two people on his team made the case to keep his stock.

Ballmer’s legacy, however, is equally marred by his missteps, including Microsoft’s $6 billion purchase of online ad firm aQuantive in 2007, which led to a $6.2 billion write-down five years ...

A $1,000 investment in Microsoft stock on Jan. 13, 2000—the day Ballmer became CEO—would have been worth only about $915 by the time he stepped down. Today, however, that same investment would ...

Former Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer disclosed a previously unknown rift with co-founder Bill Gates that left the tech executives not speaking for an entire year during Ballmer's transition to ...

Ballmer’s net worth is so high because he held Microsoft stock long after leaving the CEO position in 2014. He joined the tech company in 1980 and became CEO in 2000. During his 14-year tenure ...

Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 and became chief executive in 2000. During his 14-year tenure, Microsoft’s revenue tripled. As Ballmer left, Eric Jackson at the hedge fund Ironfire Capital told ...

Steve Ballmer said on a recent podcast that his "Developers!" chant years ago was a "call to action." The former Microsoft CEO was frustrated with how the company viewed itself in the early 2000s.

Ten years into his ownership of the LA Clippers, former Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer reflected on how wealth and power have “fundamentally changed” him and his life. What ...

I compare Apple Inc. today to Microsoft under Steve Ballmer, noting Apple’s single-digit growth and rich valuation, similar to Microsoft’s “dead money” phase in the late 2000s and early 2010s.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came close to selling his entire stake in the company around 2015 or 2016, after his departure, before two people on his team made the case to keep his stock.