Steve Ballmer

* In 1977, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in mathematics and economics. While in college, Ballmer managed the football team, worked on The Harvard Crimson newspaper as well as the Harvard Advocate, and lived down the hall from fellow sophomore Bill Gates. He then worked for two years as an assistant product manager at Procter & Gamble, where he shared an office with Jeffrey R. Immelt, who would later become CEO of General Electric. In 1980, he dropped out from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business to join Microsoft.
* Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, 1980[8], and became Microsoft's 24th employee, the first business manager hired by Gates. Ballmer loved working in Microsoft.[9] He was initially offered a salary of $50,000 as well as a percentage of ownership of the company. When Microsoft was incorporated in 1981, Ballmer owned 8 percent of the company.
* Steve Jobs was MS's first business manager
* In a recent interview for Fast Company magazine, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, emphasized the importance of patience for succeeding in business. He explained that products and businesses go through three phases: vision, patience, and execution. And he said the patience stage is the toughest and most uncomfortable.
* Steve Ballmer's secret to kicking ass - link

Highlights

* Steve Ballmer was MS's first business manager
* In a recent interview he emphasized the importance of patience for succeeding in business. He explained that products and businesses go through three phases: vision, patience, and execution. And he said the patience stage is the toughest and most uncomfortable.
* While in college, Ballmer lived down the hall from fellow sophomore Bill Gates.

==BEING AN EARLY EMPLOYEE OF A STARTUP THAT BECOMES VERY LARGE LATER==
==STUDYING WITH FUTURE BIG HONCHOS==
==VISION, PATIENCE AND EXECUTION==