Steve Ballmer

Preview: A hit with fans, Seattle arena deal goes under council scrutiny next week

Kirsten Kendrick and Art Thiel — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:00:00 +0000

A planned rally for Sonics fans at 4 p.m. today in Occidental Park is perhaps taking on even more significance, with word this week that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and two members of the Nordstrom family are among the investors behind the plan to bring the Sonics back to Seattle with a proposed new arena.

Arena investors revealed: Ballmer and Nordstroms back the project

Gabriel Spitzer — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:59:02 +0000

The team backing a new sports arena in Seattle began coming into focus today, with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and two members of the Nordstrom family putting their money behind the proposed venue. They’re the first to go public as part of hedge fund manager Chris Hansen’s team of private investors.

The agony of Steve Ballmer: From Monkey Boy to mogul?

Jake Ellison — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:13:44 +0000

No question, Steve Ballmer has always been a mogul, it just hasn’t seemed like it in the media. For instance, there’s all that “monkey boy” business on YouTube that so far has been watched 4,078,680 times.

Then there was the guy who made international news by calling for Ballmer to be fired.

Now, though, the love is on. In a long and humanizing article in Business Week today, Ballmer gets his due as the man at the top of a resurgent Microsoft.