Steve Ballmer

An index that tracks how much the richest people in the world are worth paints a grim picture of how the beginning of 2022 has fared for the most wealthy. What Happened: The Bloomberg Billionaires Index tracks the net worth of the richest people in the world. Their wealth is determined by the value...

Last year saw Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk climb up the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with the rising valuations for Tesla and SpaceX. Early into 2022, only one name in the top 10 has a positive gain in valuation. What Happened: Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE: BRK...

As only the third CEO in the history of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Satya Nadella had big shoes to fill when he was officially announced as the head of the company on Feb. 4, 2014. Over the last six-plus years, Nadella has helped continue the growth for Microsoft, making it one of...

Former Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO and Detroit native Steve Ballmer is donating $3 million to Detroit's Motown Museum through his nonprofit Ballmer Group. Ballmer Group is an organization with the goal of improving economic mobility for American families who are likely to stay in poverty...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is in talks to acquire TikTok's operations outside of China. Microsoft Can Get A Good Deal: TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance is "looking down a dark black hole" as U.S. President Donald Trump could ban the TikTok app amid national...

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has dragged down stock prices across the board, and media and entertainment stocks are no exception. While some media and entertainment businesses have ground to a complete halt due to the economic shutdown, others are thriving from a surge in at-home business....

If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em out. Steve Ballmer, owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers, is close to a deal to buy The Forum from Madison Square Garden Co (NYSE: MSG), according to an ESPN report. The purchase would eliminate one of the main obstacles to Ballmer's effort to...

Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire entrepreneur and owner of Landry's, is now the owner of an NBA franchise. Fertitta reached an agreement with Houston Rockets' owner Leslie Alexander to acquire the franchise for $2.2 billion, the Houston Chronicle reported. The transaction represents the...

No need to be worried Los Angeles residents, Clippers owner and former CEO of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Steve Ballmer, is taking care of the bill for the Clippers new arena. "We are expanding that investment by entering into an agreement to explore an opportunity to build a new...

Once a year, even the largest, most complicated global conglomerates must break down their convoluted accounting practices and disclose to investors all the gory details of the company’s financial activities. This annual disclosure comes in the form of a 10-K filing. Former Microsoft...

Former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer looks at Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) with a bit of nostalgia. “Facebook has become a complete juggernaut,” Ballmer said Tuesday on CNBC. “And I get being a juggernaut, because Microsoft is a juggernaut.” And...

Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO once told his wife that it is the job of the government to "take care of the poor, the sick, the old." According to a New York Times report from Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ballmer's wife disagreed with her husband which...

Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), offered some advice to Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey. Ballmer is a major Twitter shareholder and bought an approximate 4 percent stake in the company back in 2015, although his purchase did cause a great deal of confusion...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) shares are surging on Wednesday on another wave of rumors that the company could soon be acquired by a buyer. The latest rumor suggests former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer could be teaming up with Saudi Prince Al-waleed Bin-Talal to buy Twitter...

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) confirmed on Monday it reached an agreement to sell its Internet properties to Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) for $4.83 billion. Taking a look back at Yahoo's M&A opportunities, the going price for Yahoo's assets today could have been in the hundreds of...