Cool People Every Techie Should Meet Someday
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Thursday, 23 February 2012, 01:45 IST |
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8. Steve Ballmer
Contribution: Microsoft’s business
Why you should meet him:The current CEO of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer was the first business manager hired by Bill Gates for Microsoft. He was the President of Microsoft from 1998 to 2001, after serving as Executive Vice President, Sales and Support since 1992. Ballmer guided Microsoft's development of the .NET Framework and was claimed to be instrumental in the sale of Windows 7. He is known to be energetic and his persona encourages employees and partners.