The David Rubenstein Show: Steve Ballmer

Jul.18 -- Steve Ballmer, former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp. and current Los Angeles Clippers owner, talks about meeting Bill Gates at Harvard, his early years at Microsoft and subsequent rise to CEO in 2000. He also discusses philanthropy and his views on leadership with David Rubenstein in the latest episode of "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations."

[@mcjudilla774]

Mannn, i could listen to Steve 24/7. I can feel his passion and enthusiasm across my computer screen!

[@LukoBala]

i think this is how he convinced nokia to not use android - he seems very strong and charismatic so i assume people just listen to him and/or are afraid to contradict him

[@henryzhang9915]

This man is so honest and passionate.

[@desaturated6049]

This man is the worst CEO for Microsoft

[@jacgallo]

Matters not.Character is everything, and that is what shows in this interview.

[@LOLLYPOPPE]

desaturated Bing got huge though

[@adityag485]

desaturated there’s literally been 3 CEO’s for Microsoft so there’s a really high bar so that’s not saying much and he jump started the surface which is the most profitable thing they do

[@ty814]

@@desaturated6049 He is now the 5th richest.

[@executusprime4638]

In the business world, cocaine does Steve Ballmer.

[@IsraelMejiaJr]

hahahahahah

[@yves7778]

hahhahahahahahhaahah😂😂😂

[@ristekostadinov2820]

i can't forget video from the 90s where Steve all sweaty screams "developers developers" lmfao

[@aolanikainoa552]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@haydencalvin7237]

Pro tip: you can watch series at Flixzone. Been using it for watching loads of movies recently.

[@RashidKapadia]

Yet another excellent peer to peer interview. Thank you to David Rubenstein for putting this "Conversations-Interviews"program together. Please keep them coming! Thanks to all the interviewees and, in this case, to Steve Balmer for letting us into your world and thoughts. Your sharing is much appreciated.

[@flint476]

Rashid Kapadia - Completely agree!

[@titusp9488]

Didn’t like Ballmer for years but after watching the show...realized how hard he worked all his life. Now have much respect for the man. Don’t agree with all his views but his loyalty and hard work does inspire in the end. Took me 20 years hhhaha.

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[@scootertxdfw]

Had the privilege of sitting beside him on a few occasions in my career, he is as genuine and authentic in person as he is in this video. One of the smartest (with numbers) people I have ever met as well, a very big brain. People often forget that quarter after quarter MSFT consistently earned 30% gross profit under his leadership.

[@bhaskarvenk]

But satya is better than him because he is more successful and he is not technology guy

[@ty814]

@@bhaskarvenk He made the company more profit then ever. Their profit tripled at that time. And of course steve was not a tech guy.

[@omooshg5257]

Microsoft is a monopoly. 99% of computers in the world run windows

[@masterTigress96]

@@omooshg5257 You couldn't be more wrong. Check out the Wikipedia article called "Usage share of operating systems" for some interesting statistics about operating system distribution around the world. Windows is nowhere close to 99%

[@alainportant6412]

@@ty814 he made a fortune on the Facebook deal, for that alone he deserves a medal

[@brennanross7108]

Good thing he didn't sell shares when he stepped down as CEO, it has played out very well for him.

[@pareshlodha8847]

Honesty and loyalty paid

[@elbozo5723]

well theyre pretty much guaranteed to rise in value if literally anyone else is ceo

[@alainportant6412]

@@elbozo5723 $3 dividend per share for 2023 that made him $1 billion for that year

[@therealfocusin]

Humble, honest, intelligent and a hardworking man. Someone to look up to. Great interview, I could listen to Steve for hours.

[@vinothkumarpandurangan9060]

40 - 50k starting salary in the 80s. Man that's a lot.

[@ty814]

I think that's for a year not for month. If that's for months clearly that's a lot.

[@lorismatha9414]

that's a lot even per year!

[@zolazolbayar3640]

$50,000 in 1980 → $155,686.29 in 2019 with inflation

[@greglarry11]

It's a fraction when you think how quickly revenue was growing for technology in the mid-to-late 1980s.

[@EGC316]

That's a lot today

[@BrunoLuke]

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[@MarcusFred-wn3iv]

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[@BrunoLuke]

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[@MarcusFred-wn3iv]

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[@BrunoLuke]

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[@NightcruiserMA]

12:07 "We should have gotten into the business sooner, and that's my.... I blew that." Okay, I'm a huge Gates fan and a huge Satya Nadella fan, and now Steve Ballmer just won me over with that brutally honest line.

[@elbozo5723]

still hes a bad CEO

[@ty814]

@@elbozo5723 he made a lot of money to MS.

[@JudeMarchisio]

Why??

[@carlfreer8600]

Love that guy. One of the most underrated Generals of American industry.

[@stephenkyburz6529]

Damn my grandpa also immigrated from Switzerland to work at Ford ! This guy is such a blast !

[@korqkar8731]

Thank you Mr. Rubenstein for all your great interviews. I do consider you a journalist.

[@xBrOwNeDoG]

As soon as any journalist acquires an agenda.... thats where the journalism ends.

[@korqkar8731]

@@xBrOwNeDoG true also.

[@alainportant6412]

that "journalist" is worth $ 3,7 billion

[@danielallyway]

Great interview. What he didn’t say was the most important thing.

[@michaelzagari6235]

I could watch this interview 100 times in a row.

[@Rossini737]

Please do one with Stanley Druckenmiller. It's going to be good, you share the same calm vibe.

[@anupamacharya8854]

Whatever anyone says - Steve's very honest, energetic and turns out to be the biggest believer of his company Microsoft !

[@muzaffarkhamraev1584]

He is a really honest guy and speaks with numbers. Great deal breaker!!!!

[@3145mimosa]

This interview was very good. Thank you!

[@musicandoutdoors]

Love it! Thanks David

[@HoopsJunkie]

Man, I hope the Clippers wins a championship. Steve Ballmer is such a great dude!

[@johanngross6953]

Such a great interview, a lot of great lessons! Thank you for sharing, this is truly inspiring.

[@FozzQuaker]

I dont believe Steve Ballmer was ever a shy kid

[@HiberNAT]

maybe he is too naturally anxious so he transform that into a full blown adrenaline attitude

[@sureshnishtala2887]

I love steve Balmer .....He is so extrovert,outspoken ,enthusiastic...

[@rajatbansal512]

Its good that he actually admitted what he did was wrong.

[@ivanbekavac2960]

It was a big risk for company as big as Microsoft to turn their core business around. Especially after he, as the one of the leaders of it experienced 2 major crisis in his turn. Remember, Apple was almost all in on the iPhone, Microsoft was the king in the tech world back then. They even had the best software for the smartphone at the time, but it's hard to go against 25+ years of legacy, this mistake isn't solely on him, it happened through the history, closest one to compare it to is IBM.

[@xDRAGOSLAVx]

What a quality dude. Just a real, genuine fellow, and I respect the crap out of this guy!

[@CarolinaDota]

Steve Ballmer is my spirit animal

[@motivogolf877]

Great episode!

[@IsaMutlib]

Steve Ballmer is the human version of the drug speed.

[@invincible6623]

Great interview. I enjoyed it. 👍👍👍

[@QuickZ_]

His social confidence reminds me of mine.. After 10 beers. Of course I dont get the same result :)

[@jasperstoj]

Interesting, I just assumed that he was a born extrovert, it's cool to see that he developed that persona.

[@blackiechan202]

this guy is awesome

[@cesara4234]

Love this show

[@AnandaPradhan16041993]

A leader has to be a leader of Ideas which leads people.....a great talk....Thanks

[@SaartjeandRufus]

"What the heck is software"

[@arigutman]

Just goes to show the power of holding onto a successful stock... Thank you for sharing!

[@jewishunited]

Truly a leader!

[@SaifurRahman92]

Thanks to Steve for letting me type on my PC, though I use linux!

[@lesterardon2009]

so energetic .... I like the guy , not too many people like him , but i think he is fun to be around and looks like is a very happy billionaire.

[@bojackjackson6959]

Love this guy!

[@MightySheep]

I wish my brain was also wired like Im on natural cocaine 24/7

[@FozzQuaker]

Does Ballmer like developers by any chance...what a guy, I love him, his energy and passion for Microsoft is class

[@bhaskarvenk]

Yeah but stock dropped diting3 his time and skyrocketed during satya ,3 tomes

[@steflift5165]

@@bhaskarvenk incorrect - earnings tripled under Ballmer and tripled under Satya's

[@oscarsheen3045]

Steve Ballmer is a great man. Great role model.

[@kingraghavsahni]

that energy though 🔥

[@YasinNabi]

absolutely this is a wonderful video. thumbs up !.,.,.,

[@skyworldgroup6692]

Great video ever you are my role model

[@jshepard152]

We've got the tie joke now, thanks.

[@walidak8229]

This guy out there would match up very well with Steve Jobs in a company 😂

[@Name1st]

Great guy!!! Greets from Germany. 😁

[@amominah]

Amazing viedo. Rich in ecomical wisdom.

[@dopemusic6414]

Basically he's saying he hit the lottery by meeting Bill Gates.

[@jessecavada3015]

Owesome Music my thought exactly

[@germanordonez9121]

He was obviously competent, he was at the right place at the right time, nobody becomes CEO because you are friends with the founder.A founder of a business will give responsibilities to the ones who have the capacity to do well their job...

[@nasreenshaikh7150]

Owesome Music You got to be really fucking smart to get chosen by Bill Gates himself

[@Helloooooo]

Owesome Music he didn't just sit and do nothing, he worked his ass off to get to where he is,

[@polythenepam5032]

And Bill Gates hit the lottery by meeting Steve Ballmer. Nobody builds a company like Microsoft alone.

[@ChildofYAH_]

Principle #1 Don't talk to anybody after a loss. 😂😂

[@melgross]

Great interview. Ballmer does seem like a nice guy, personally.

[@MyKuL1990]

Does anybody know what that intro song was? That cool beat/instrumental?

[@C_C-]

He was right about Developers tho.

[@happyicare5053]

Look at Bill in that photo!😊😊

[@cyrptolover]

He is full of life..... laughter says it all....

[@jeffliu3896]

never seen David Rubenstein smile; and he should as a host

[@kensimba7868]

In several instances in this interview I thought 'uugh u should atleast chuckled to flow with this energetic gentleman '. I agree he's kinda serious

[@inthedms82]

hes actually really well not boring

[@magicalpodium]

You can tell this guy has a strong work ethic.

[@pdr770]

You don’t need to be depressed for missing iPhone. You Have An Excellent Company. Very 🤓 but Excellently

[@pryl]

Steve Ballmer used to hate linux, at one point even said that it's Cancer, but later praised Satya Nadella for taking interest in open source. He said that during his time things were different.

[@bighoss8793]

Cocaine is a powerful drug.

[@SuperTravianPlayer]

*balmer

[@mirsondCA]

Why he is saying this???

[@poparrow9416]

Please do one with Mukesh Ambani or Jack Ma

[@moidalam6275]

Who?

[@danbadia7461]

I like Balmer he's my kind of a Billionaire, so open and with so much clarity on business world

[@jungtarcph]

I fucking LOVE Steve Ballmer's energy! I mean I would much rather have him as an investor than Bill. Although, I'm sure they would be both cool!

[@bhaskarvenk]

Satya is cooler than both and stock rocks

[@alainportant6412]

@@bhaskarvenk no

[@alainportant6412]

@@bhaskarvenk nobody likes those people

[@nikolagostovic5225]

im a fan of this man

[@aviator680]

The guy who literally threw Microsoft Outta the window

[@yashk246]

Are you absurd? Earnings tripled under him while earnings have just under double under Satya Nadella. He made Microsoft an economic powerhouse by the time he left and he has been a great goddamn leader.

[@mwloos1]

Remmeber, O365 and Azure was developed under his tutelage. Satya was handed a goldmine.

[@kejiri3593]

He ran from 2000 - 2014. I would say Xp and Windows 7 did good. Windows 8 was handsdown the worst OS made so.. you can blame that one i guess. I would argue Windows 10 is 2nd worst, but tolerable atleast

[@frankm8667]

Missed the golden opportunity to say "outta the Windows".

[@iandrsaurri625]

He gets too much flak. He did so much good

[@SuperGirl-tf2wn]

Amazing to think if he never met that Bill Gates guy he wouldn't be where he is today. Right place, right time is just as important as having the traits that made him into CEO.

[@SomfilmsFHD]

15:15 the interview repeats it self

[@yuridriemeyer.movies635]

Great guy!

[@GeorgeKuruvilla]

Titled "Humanizing Steve Ballmer"

[@happyicare5053]

Thanksssss😊😊😊😊😊😊😘😘😘😘😀

[@jacgallo]

I love steve balmer

[@carmikereid]

Baller Ballmer

[@kumar198222]

I would like to have co-worker like Steve👍

[@davedave5787]

Oneof the last "living the dream" guys!!!!

[@RaidenF8]

I like this guy even tho I am a lakers fan.

[@happyicare5053]

I still drive Fords, si señorrr esa es la gente me gusta

[@CA-dr7tf]

this guy is either super enthusiastic or coked up and im happy to see his energy either way lmaoo

[@jasontran250]

There's this energy in our spirit Steve, that we don't oppose God, and that's the most sensitive part of the spirit, whether we oppose God or not, whether we support God's purpose or not, and that is the difference, those things you just don't mess with, you can't be a false.representation of

[@RandomNiceThings12]

I like this man

[@impresiostudio8591]

Please add English subtitle or caption

[@napoleonb55]

Zuckerberg next pls!

[@AdrianOrnelas1]

Bring the Clippers to Las Vegas 🏀

[@RyanLeesheik]

20 + billion and he had no interest wow

[@shantanutarey]

Steve Ballmer sounds like Joe from family guy

[@ThinkPositiveDude]

yeah if joe was castrated.

[@erickschmitt1917]

Should run for president

[@inthedms82]

RIP PAUL ALLEN

[@JackiePrime]

He seems like a nice guy.

[@happyicare5053]

Que majo how funny, que energía más buena transmite. 😊😊😊😊😊😊🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@williamestrada8936]

#INTERESTING*********

[@seniorzhang9114]

what software? why people needed a computer? fascinating!

[@iFreeThink]

Maybe because BME highlighted - EE, - MechE, and - ChemE. Everyone naturally seems interested in - CivilE and - "Computer Architecture."

[@blackrevenue8421]

Guy has insane energy

[@JasonGafar]

This guy is a character 😂 🤣

[@iFreeThink]

Some people are mixed, and I don't know what to do except what they tell me to do.