Valve co-founder Gabe Newell has revealed he originally thought he might become a doctor before he had a fateful chance ...

Steve Ballmer said letting go of Microsoft emotionally took a year but was the right move. He nearly sold all his Microsoft stocks to detach, but stayed loyal after a colleague's advice.

Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft in 1980 as the company's first business manager. Fast forward to the early millennium, and he took over from Bill Gates and became the company's CEO through 2014.

Former Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer makes $1 billion a year from Microsoft dividends. The huge tech company has a dividend of $3.32 per year.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer came close to selling his entire stake in the company around 2015 or 2016, after his departure, before two people on his team made the case to keep his stock.

A $1,000 investment in Microsoft stock on Jan. 13, 2000—the day Ballmer became CEO—would have been worth only about $915 by the time he stepped down. Today, however, that same investment would ...