Steve Ballmer, who joined Microsoft as its 24th-ever employee in 1980, has seen his wealth balloon over the past year to reach some $117 billion, per Bloomberg’s data on Tuesday.

Microsoft was shaped by Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Ballmer and Satya Nadella over the course of the last half-century in ...

Steve Ballmer's 13-year tenure as Microsoft's CEO has included many major product launches, though several -- like the music-player Zune and operating system Windows Vista -- were widely panned.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s decision to step down, announced this morning, is remarkable in part because it confirms the company’s lack of succession planning — leaving a wide-open field as… ...

History is going to measure Steve's tenure as Microsoft CEO on what happens in 2012 (FY 2013 for those into financial measures) and beyond, not what happened in the 2000s." ...

Steve Ballmer today cut his remaining official tie with the company he ran for 14 years, resigning as a member of Microsoft's board of directors. The announcement , which closes a big chapter in ...

History is going to measure Steve ‘s tenure as Microsoft CEO on what happens in 2012 (FY 2013 for those into financial measures) and beyond, not what happened in the 2000s." ...

Steve Ballmer is on pace to collect annual dividend payments of $1 billion from Microsoft. He is the former CEO of Microsoft and is the largest individual shareholder of the software giant.

Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s top individual shareholder. Photo: Meg Oliphant/Getty Images The ultrawealthy tend to follow a time-honored model of investing: diversifying.

Steve Ballmer, the C.E.O. of Microsoft, finally figured out a way to make some money for himself: he quit. This morning, Ballmer announced that he will retire within the next twelve months. The ...

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. Ballmer is the sixth richest ...