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Clippers chairman Steve Ballmer and wife to donate $15 million for California wildfires relief
The Ballmer Group is also hosting FireAid, a benefit concert to be held at Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum on Jan. 30.
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his wife, Connie, are donating an initial $15 million in emergency funding for people affected by the deadly Los Angeles wildfires.
The Ballmer Group announced the donation Thursday on its website, saying it will go toward addressing immediate food and shelter needs in the community and supporting first responders.
“We love L.A. and are committed to supporting the communities affected by the devastating wildfires,” the couple said, adding the donation would help “particularly in the historic, racially diverse community of Altadena.”
The Ballmer Group also is behind FireAid, a concert to be held Jan. 30 at Intuit Dome and the Kia Forum, which is also owned by Ballmer.
“We understand there will b
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Steve Ballmer: Education, Accomplishments, FAQs
Steve Ballmer is an influential technology business executive. He served as CEO of Microsoft Corporation from 2000 to 2014. One of the wealthiest people in the world, Ballmer's estimated net worth exceeded $157 billion in July 2024, for the first time pulling ahead of his former boss, Bill Gates, whose net worth is estimated at just over $156 billion.
Key Takeaways
- Steve Ballmer attended Harvard University with Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft.
- Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 as its 30th employee.
- He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers basketball team.
- Steve Ballmer served as the second CEO of Microsoft, succeeding Bill Gates.
Early Life and Education
Steve Ballmer was born on March 24, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Harvard University in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and economics. Ballmer's first position was in product management at Proctor & Gamble. He briefly attended the Stanford Graduate School of Business before launching his career at Microsoft.
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Bill Gates says Steve Ballmer was the business partner he badly needed — so he gave up 4% of Microsoft to recruit him
- Bill Gates details his early relationship with Steve Ballmer in his new "Source Code" memoir.
- Ballmer mirrored Gates' energy, boosted his social life, and became the business partner he needed.
- Gates gave Ballmer a 4% stake in Microsoft that's now worth more than $120 billion.
Bill Gates found a kindred spirit, a social connector, a confidant, a study buddy, and a true business partner in Steve Ballmer, he writes in his new memoir, "Source Code: My Beginnings."
Gates, the billionaire philanthropist who cofounded Microsoft, met Ballmer in a graduate economics class in the fall of 1976, when the pair were undergraduates at Harvard University.
The computing pioneer had heard from a friend that "Steve's a lot like you" and instantly recognized that Ballmer shared his "excess energy."
"Steve Ballmer had it beyond anyone I had ever known," Gates writes.
Ballmer was different from many of the students in Gates' dorm building, "nerdy math-science types" who large
Bill Gates says Steve Ballmer was the business partner he badly needed — so he gave up 4% of Microsoft to recruit him
- Bill Gates details his early relationship with Steve Ballmer in his new "Source Code" memoir.
- Ballmer mirrored Gates' energy, boosted his social life, and became the business partner he needed.
- Gates gave Ballmer a 4% stake in Microsoft that's now worth more than $120 billion.
Bill Gates found a kindred spirit, a social connector, a confidant, a study buddy, and a true business partner in Steve Ballmer, he writes in his new memoir, "Source Code: My Beginnings."
Gates, the billionaire philanthropist who cofounded Microsoft, met Ballmer in a graduate economics class in the fall of 1976, when the pair were undergraduates at Harvard University.
The computing pioneer had heard from a friend that "Steve's a lot like you" and instantly recognized that Ballmer shared his "excess energy."
"Steve Ballmer had it beyond anyone I had ever known," Gates writes.
Ballmer was different from many of the students in Gates' dorm building, "nerdy math-science types" who large
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