He is a co-founder of Ballmer Group , a philanthropic investment company. Players and sportswriters generally consider Ballmer's ownership of the Clippers as an improvement over previous owner Donald Sterling , citing his willingness to acquire superstar players and finance the construction of Intuit Dome.
Ballmer also lived in Brussels from to , where he attended the International School of Brussels. In , he attended college prep and engineering classes at Lawrence Technological University.
He graduated as valedictorian from Detroit Country Day School , a private college preparatory school in Beverly Hills , Michigan , with a score of on the mathematical section of the SAT [ 19 ] [ 20 ] and was a National Merit Scholar.
Ballmer, the first in his family to graduate from college, [ 22 ] attended Harvard College , where he was a manager for the Harvard Crimson football team and a member of the Fox Club , worked on The Harvard Crimson newspaper as well as the Harvard Advocate , and lived down the hall from fellow sophomore Bill Gates. Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, , and became Microsoft's 30th employee and the first business manager hired by Gates.
In , Ballmer sold In his first 20 years at the company, Ballmer headed several Microsoft divisions, including operations, operating systems development, and sales and support. Ballmer led Microsoft's development of the. NET Framework. On January 13, , Ballmer was officially named the chief executive officer; he would shed the title of president in February While it was said that Gates would have continued fighting the federal suit, Ballmer sought to settle these, saying: "Being the object of a lawsuit, effectively, or a complaint from your government is a very awkward, uncomfortable position to be in.
