Introduction:-

We are going to share the success story of Steven “Steve” Anthony Ballmer, an American investor, businessman, and philanthropist from Detroit. Steve Ballmer is mostly known as the chief of Microsoft. He is, as of now, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. In the month of January 2018, Ballmer was ranked as the 21st-century businessman across the globe. As of 2020, Steve Ballmer’s net worth is estimated to be around $40 billion dollars, which makes him one of the richest businessmen in the world. 

Steve Ballmer Early Life

Steven “Steve” Anthony Ballmer was born in Detroit, Michigan, on the 24th of March, 1956. His father, Frederic Henry, was a Swiss immigrant, and his mother, Beatrice, was Belarusian Jewish. In the year 1973, Ballmer attended Lawrence Technological University. At college, Ballmer was a manager for the Harvard Crimson football team and a member of the Fox Club. Ballmer later joined Microsoft on the 11of June 1980. 

Steve Ballmer Career

Steve Ballmer started his early career by completing his education in school. Ballmer college friend Bill Gates had dropped out of school to co-found Microsoft. After completing his first year at the Business school, he approaches his friend hoping for a summer job at his company. Bill Gates asked Ballmer to take a full-time job instead of a summer internship. In the year 1980, Ballmer left the Stanford Graduate School of Business and later joined Microsoft. One of his earliest roles was to recruit employees for the growing firm after Microsoft signed a contract to create a system for the IBM new line, the co-founder busied with the technical aspects of the company. 

He re-organized Microsoft’s partnership into a corporate structure. Gates later come to hold 53% of the equity and Ballmer 8%. Ballmer started to lead the Operating System, the core of the company business in the year 1980. In the year 1986, Microsoft became a publicly held company, and Ballmer became a multimillionaire. Over the next few years, Ballmer held many essential positions in Microsoft, and in the year 1992, he was made the Executive Vice President, Support, and Sales. In the year 1988, Ballmer was promoted to the President of Microsoft, a position he held until 2001. He was named as CEO of Microsoft in 2000. He started to handle the company finances and daily operations. Microsoft registers a phenomenal increase in profits at the time of Ballmer’s tenure as CEO. 

Steve Ballmer Philanthropic Works

In the year 1994, Ballmer and Bill Gates jointly donated $10 million to the Harvard University computer science department. In 2014, Ballmer again donated the money to the Harvard University computer science department to enable it to hire new faculty. In the year 2014, Ballmer donated $50 million to the University of Oregon for the purpose of scholarships, external branding/communications, and public health research and advocacy. 

Steve Ballmer- Lesson's to Learn

1. Never compare himself to others 

2. Numbers matter 

3. Select people for loyalty, not competence 

4. Be brief 

5. Validate your information 

6. Don’t isolate yourself 

7. Don’t run your predecessor’s shop 

8. Develop a point of view 

Steve Ballmer- Inspiring Quotes

"1).Accessible design is good design.", 

"2).We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.", 

"3). Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.", 

"4). I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.", 

"5).Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.", 

"6).I think the output of our innovation is great.", 

"7).Our company has to be a company that enables its people.", 

"8).We will make our products work out of the box.", 

"9).Microsoft's culture is very strong", 

"10).I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.", 

"11). As a businessman, if you ask me what I'm proud of, I'm proud of the fact that I made $250 billion under my watch as CEO.", 

"12).If we see an opportunity in the software/hardware seam, we're going to take it.", 

"13).I like to tell people that all of our products and business will go through three phases. There's vision, patience, and execution.", 

"14). Cars come in all shapes and sizes.. I'll be the judge of this thing.", 

"15). Ford shared this vision. We are inviting more players to join in.", 

"16). We believe this has potential over time to be a major new revenue stream.", 

"17). Just as we succeeded on the on the desktop, we will strive to succeed in services on the Web.", 

"18). We're going to think big, we're going to bet big.", 

"19). I think good ideas are usually better done quickly than slowly.", 

"20).I want people to understand the amazing, positive way our software can make leisure time more enjoyable, and work and businesses more successful.", 

"21).The stock market has always had its own meter. Sometimes it's ahead of itself, sometimes it's behind itself. A broken watch is right twice a day.", 

"22).It's hard to invent a new thing, and it's just as hard to invent another new thing.", 

"23).It's always great when you get a lot of people pushing themselves to do better, be better, invent better, better serve, better lead customers in new directions.", 

"24).It's how tenacious you are that will determine your success.", 

"25).Computer science is the operating system for all innovation." 

📜Conclusion:-

Never Forever, Give Up..!!!