Steve Ballmer
Steven Anthony Ballmer (/ˈbɔːlmər/; Machi 24, 1956) ni mfanyabiashara na mwekezaji wa Marekani ambaye alikuwa afisa mkuu mtendaji wa Microsoft kuanzia 2000 hadi 2014.[1]Yeye ndiye mmiliki wa Los Angeles Clippers wa Chama cha Kikapu cha Kitaifa (NBA). Yeye ni mwanzilishi mwenza wa Ballmer Group, kampuni ya uwekezaji ya hisani.[2]
Kufikia Juni 2024, Bloomberg Billionaires Index inakadiria utajiri wake binafsi kuwa karibu dola bilioni 147, na kumfanya kuwa mtu wa saba tajiri zaidi duniani.[3] Wakati huohuo Forbes inamworodhesha kama mtu wa kumi tajiri zaidi akiwa na utajiri wa dola bilioni 125.[4]
Ballmer aliajiriwa na Bill Gates katika Microsoft mwaka wa 1980, na baadaye akaacha mpango wa MBA katika Chuo Kikuu cha Stanford. Hatimaye akawa rais mwaka wa 1998, na kuchukua nafasi ya Gates kama Mkurugenzi Mtendaji mnamo Januari 13, 2000. [5][6] Mnamo Februari 4, 2014, Ballmer alistaafu kama Mkurugenzi Mtendaji na nafasi yake kuchukuliwa na Satya Nadella; Ballmer alisalia kwenye bodi ya wakurugenzi ya Microsoft hadi Agosti 19, 2014.
Chini ya uongozi wa Ballmer, kampuni iliongeza mauzo mara tatu na faida maradufu, lakini ikapoteza utawala wake wa soko na ikakosa mwelekeo wa teknolojia wa karne ya 21 kama vile kupanda kwa simu mahiri katika mifumo ya iPhone na Android.[7][8]
Wachezaji na wanaspoti kwa ujumla huchukulia umiliki wa Ballmer wa Clippers kama uboreshaji dhidi ya mmiliki wa awali Donald Sterling, akitoa mfano wa nia yake ya kupata wachezaji nyota na kufadhili ujenzi wa Intuit Dome.[9][10]
Marejeo
hariri- ↑ CNN Editorial Research. "Steve Ballmer Fast Facts". CNN. Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12.
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has generic name (help) - ↑ X (2020-07-08). "Steve Ballmer is putting his billions behind bigger causes in L.A. than the Clippers". Los Angeles Times (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12.
- ↑ "Bloomberg Billionaires Index", Bloomberg.com (kwa Kiingereza), 2024-10-12, iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12
- ↑ "Forbes Real Time Billionaires List - The World's Richest People". Forbes (kwa Kiingereza). Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12.
- ↑ "BBC News | BUSINESS | Steve Ballmer, friend of Bill". news.bbc.co.uk. Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12.
- ↑ "BBC News | BUSINESS | Steve Ballmer, friend of Bill". news.bbc.co.uk. Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12.
- ↑ Steve Blank (2016-10-26). "Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer". VentureBeat (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12.
- ↑ Kurt Eichenwald (2012-07-24). "How Microsoft Lost Its Mojo: Steve Ballmer and Corporate America's Most Spectacular Decline". Vanity Fair (kwa American English). Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12.
- ↑ Vorkunov, Mike, "Who are the NBA's best and worst team owners? League insiders vote", The New York Times (kwa American English), ISSN 0362-4331, iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12
- ↑ "The Boss | By Blake Griffin". The Players' Tribune (kwa American English). 2014-10-17. Iliwekwa mnamo 2024-10-12.