Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer
Steven Anthony "Steve" Ballmer is an American businessman who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from January 2000 to February 2014, and is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. As of May 11, 2015, his personal wealth is estimated at US$22.7 billion, ranking number 21 on the Forbes 400. It was announced on August 23, 2013, that he would step down as Microsoft's CEO within 12 months. On February 4, 2014, Ballmer retired as CEO and was succeeded by...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth24 March 1956
CityDetroit, MI
CountryUnited States of America
We had too many products that we were trying to sell to too few customers in the mid-market.
This is a very large business that still has incredible possibilities.
The thing I put in my pocket has got to do more for me. It's got to let me access more information than just my appointments and contacts.
It's top priority for us to be an innovative company,
Turner's experience as a proven leader of people in Wal-Mart's incredibly dynamic sales environment; his IT background as CIO of a world-class company and his familiarity with our products and technologies as a Microsoft customer for more than a decade uniquely qualify him to serve as our COO,
And we learned an important lesson: Today's business software doesn't look enough like today's businesses,
Bill brings to the company the idea that conflict can be a good thing,
We want to give people the ability to do what they want, where they want, and when they want on any device connected to the Internet,
Our company has to be a company that enables its people.
We will make our products work out of the box.
I think our leadership team is a highly accountable leadership team.
Great companies in the way they work, start with great leaders.
We are very happy to be in this position to return almost $75 billion in capital to investors over four years, ... We're also pleased to be able to say that we put many of our legal issues in the rear view mirror so to speak, which affords us the opportunity to move forward with the cash management plan.
We are still not getting in the manufacturing industry, ... We will provide the infrastructure that lets those in the manufacturing industry do their jobs.