Facts about Steve Ballmer You wouldn't Know

"Steve" Ballmer was the CEO of Microsoft Corporation since January, 2000 through May 2014.

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In 2014, he is the owner of the NBA team the Los Angeles Clippers after Donald Sterling was fired.

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He is the second recorded person to become a billionaire in U.S. dollars based on stock options received as an employee of a corporation in which he was not founder or related to a founder

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In Forbes 2008 World's Richest People ranking, Ballmer was ranked the 43rd richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $15 billion.

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