Ballmer Steve Ballmer, the Director and Chief

Ballmer

Steve Ballmer, the director and chief executive officer at Microsoft Corporation, has contributed much towards the evolution of computers and computing power. The purpose of this essay is to examine Mr. Ballmer and his contributions towards this technological advancement which is known as computing. In this essay I'll give a brief biographical sketch of this individual and then describe his contributions and how they have significantly affected the industry and the world itself.

According to the Forbes.com profile, "Mr. Ballmer is 54 years old, has headed several Microsoft divisions during the past 30 years including operations, operating systems development sales and support." Steve Ballmer is known as a lively personality. His energetic leadership style seems to override his contributions towards computing industry, but nevertheless contextualize his experiences at Microsoft.

In Ballmer's early life, he grew up in Michigan and went to a private preparatory school and went to Harvard earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics. While at Harvard, he met his soon-to-be partner Bill Gates. When Bill Gates, the owner and founder of Microsoft needs some help, he offered Ballmer a chance to own part of the company. Ballmer has been associated with assault for many years has only recently been named chief executive officer in 2000.

Although Ballmer is known for his leadership style, his dedication throughout the growth of the computing age is duly noted. The relative strength of Microsoft and its permanent fixture on business and education signifies how important and widespread influence bombers had not only in America, but throughout the world. Most computing systems run on Microsoft software and should not be ignored. Apple computers, Microsoft's main competitor, has disparaging comments directed towards Ballmer. Resinger noted that Ballmer's attitude would not play well at Apple do to the differing structures of the competing companies (n.p.).

Steven Ballmer's net worth is approximately $14.5 billion. He resides in Seattle Washington and is married with three children. He is currently on the board of Accenture Ltd. is currently titled Microsoft's chief executive officer and director. His salary is $670,000 per year and last year he earned that same amount in a bonus. His total compensation last year was $1,351,000.

Mr. Ballmer is recently been promoting cloud computing as the future of business communication. Katz noted that "Microsoft plans to bring the cloud computing technology to business environments the near future to personal computers and phones according to Ballmer'" (n.p.). Cloud computing is the latest integration for Microsoft which has carried many of the new technologies into the future. Ballmer must take credit for some of these developments. His high ranking influence at Microsoft, and all of their corporate accomplishments must be associated with Mr. Ballmer. Helft commented on Ballmer's optimism, " Mr. Ballmer announced the computing is undergoing enormous shift for the Internet or the cloud will play an ever-growing role, and that in any transition, a dominant company like Microsoft needs to work especially hard to maintain its position " (n.p).

Mr. Ballmer needs to be credited for feeling the competition as well. Google, Apple, and other tech giants would not be nearly as successful as was not for the groundwork laid out by Microsoft under the leadership of Mr. Ballmer. For this, he needs to be recognized as a pioneer within the industry. Often he is overlooked as a serious leader in business due to his immature and often childish antics that portray him as overly competitive and insecure. Looking past these weaknesses, we should see that this or Ballmer has really baited the competition becoming better and therefore providing an even greater contribution towards the computing industry.