Through his mother, Ballmer is a second cousin of actress and comedian Gilda Radner. Steve's mother was the daughter of Shmuel Dvorkin, a Russian Jew who fled to the United States in 1914 and became a merchant for a glass store. Frederic was from Zuchwil, Switzerland and arrived in the United States in 1948. Early life and education īallmer was born in Detroit, Michigan he is the son of Beatrice Dvorkin and Frederic Henry (Fritz Hans) Ballmer, a manager at the Ford Motor Company. His tenure and legacy as Microsoft CEO has received mixed reception, with the company tripling sales and doubling profits, but losing its market dominance and missing out on 21st-century technology trends such as the ascendance of smartphones in the form of iPhone and Android. On February 4, 2014, Ballmer retired as CEO and was replaced by Satya Nadella Ballmer remained on Microsoft's Board of Directors until August 19, 2014, when he left to prepare for teaching a new class. He eventually became president in 1998, and replaced Gates as CEO on January 13, 2000. īallmer was hired by Bill Gates at Microsoft in 1980, and subsequently left the MBA program at Stanford University. As of February 2023, Bloomberg Billionaires Index estimates his personal wealth at around $90 billion, making him the eighth-richest person on Earth. He is the current owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Steven Anthony Ballmer ( / ˈ b ɔː l m ər/ March 24, 1956) is an American businessman and investor who served as the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014.

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