International Directory of Business Biographies | Steve Ballmer Biography

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Chief executive officer, Microsoft Corporation

Nationality: American.

Born: March 24, 1956, in Detroit, Michigan.

Education: Harvard University, BS, 1977.

Family: Son of Frederic Henry Ballmer (manager, Ford Motor Company) and Beatrice Dworkin; married Connie Snyder (public relations executive), 1990; children: three.

Career: Proctor & Gamble, 1977–1979, brand assistant; Microsoft Corporation, 1980–1983, business manager; 1983–1984, vice president of marketing; 1984–1989, vice president of systems software; 1989–1992, senior vice...