| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : MAY 17, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
Steven Anthony Ballmer AGE 43, born Mar. 24, 1956. EDUCATION BS in math in 1977 from Harvard, where he befriended Bill Gates. One year at Stanford University B-school before Gates tapped him to help run Microsoft. CAREER Began in 1977 as a marketer at Procter & Gamble. Has spent 19 years at Microsoft. Promoted to president last August. CHIEF GOAL AS PRESIDENT Rallying the troops. ''We need to give our people a beacon they can follow when they're having a tough time with prioritization...what hill to take.'' TOUGHEST PERSONAL CHALLENGE He's a hands-on guy who wants to do it all himself. ''Now I've got to be a leader of leaders,'' he says. MICROSOFT STOCK HOLDINGS $19.5 billion. PERSONALITY Ballmer speaks at the top of his lungs-not always because he's angry but because he gets excited. Had surgery to fix throat damage. SPORTS He plays basketball and jogs. He's not fast, but he accelerates when he goes up hills. FAMILY Wife, Connie, is a former Microsoft public-relations staffer. Three sons, the last born in March. He arrives at home most nights in time to put his children to bed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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 Remaking Microsoft COVER IMAGE: Remaking Microsoft TABLE: Building Microsoft 2.0 ``I'm Trying to Let Other People Dive in before I Do'' RESUME: Steven Anthony Ballmer The Five Facets of Bill Gates's Tech Vision Q&A with the Visionary-In-Chief ONLINE ORIGINAL: Why Microsoft Shareholders Should Cheer the AT&T Deal INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
