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."

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  • @mcjudilla774
    @mcjudilla7744 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LukoBala

    @LukoBala

    26 күн бұрын

    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
    @henryzhang99155 жыл бұрын

    This man is so honest and passionate.

  • @desaturated6049

    @desaturated6049

    5 жыл бұрын

    This man is the worst CEO for Microsoft

  • @jacgallo

    @jacgallo

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LOLLYPOPPE

    @LOLLYPOPPE

    4 жыл бұрын

    desaturated Bing got huge though

  • @adityag485

    @adityag485

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @ty814

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@desaturated6049 He is now the 5th richest.

  • @executusprime4638
    @executusprime46385 жыл бұрын

    In the business world, cocaine does Steve Ballmer.

  • @IsraelMejiaJr

    @IsraelMejiaJr

    4 жыл бұрын

    hahahahahah

  • @yves7778

    @yves7778

    3 жыл бұрын

    hahhahahahahahhaahah😂😂😂

  • @ristekostadinov2820

    @ristekostadinov2820

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aolanikainoa552

    @aolanikainoa552

    3 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂

  • @haydencalvin7237

    @haydencalvin7237

    3 жыл бұрын

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

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    @chriswalter926 ай бұрын

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    @tahirisaid2693

    6 ай бұрын

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    @chriswalter92

    6 ай бұрын

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  • @RashidKapadia
    @RashidKapadia5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @flint476

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rashid Kapadia - Completely agree!

  • @titusp9488
    @titusp94884 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @brennanross7108
    @brennanross71084 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pareshlodha8847

    @pareshlodha8847

    3 жыл бұрын

    Honesty and loyalty paid

  • @elbozo5723

    @elbozo5723

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @alainportant6412

    @alainportant6412

    4 ай бұрын

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

  • @carlfreer8600
    @carlfreer86009 ай бұрын

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

  • @scootertxdfw
    @scootertxdfw4 жыл бұрын

    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

    @bhaskarvenk

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ty814

    @ty814

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@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

    @omooshg5257

    7 ай бұрын

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

  • @masterTigress96

    @masterTigress96

    6 ай бұрын

    @@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

    @alainportant6412

    4 ай бұрын

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

  • @vinothkumarpandurangan9060
    @vinothkumarpandurangan90605 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ty814

    @ty814

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lorismatha9414

    @lorismatha9414

    4 жыл бұрын

    that's a lot even per year!

  • @zolazolbayar3640

    @zolazolbayar3640

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @greglarry11

    @greglarry11

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @EGC316

    @EGC316

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's a lot today

  • @BrunoLuke
    @BrunoLuke11 ай бұрын

    Nobody can become financially successful overnight. They put in background work but we tend to see the finished part. Fear is a dangerous component, hindering us from taking the bold steps we need in other to reach our goals.

  • @MarcusFred-wn3iv

    @MarcusFred-wn3iv

    11 ай бұрын

    I think it's not always about fear, Sometimes realistic factors discourage people from reaching their goals in life. For instance, I've tried investing in the stock market several times but always got discouraged by fluctuations of stock value

  • @BrunoLuke

    @BrunoLuke

    11 ай бұрын

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    @MarcusFred-wn3iv

    11 ай бұрын

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    @BrunoLuke

    11 ай бұрын

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    @MarcusFred-wn3iv

    11 ай бұрын

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  • @therealfocusin
    @therealfocusin2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @danielallyway
    @danielallyway10 ай бұрын

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

  • @korqkar8731
    @korqkar87315 жыл бұрын

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

  • @xBrOwNeDoG

    @xBrOwNeDoG

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @korqkar8731

    @korqkar8731

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@xBrOwNeDoG true also.

  • @alainportant6412

    @alainportant6412

    4 ай бұрын

    that "journalist" is worth $ 3,7 billion

  • @NightcruiserMA
    @NightcruiserMA4 жыл бұрын

    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

    @elbozo5723

    3 жыл бұрын

    still hes a bad CEO

  • @ty814

    @ty814

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JudeMarchisio

    @JudeMarchisio

    Жыл бұрын

    Why??

  • @stephenkyburz6529
    @stephenkyburz65294 жыл бұрын

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

  • @anupamacharya8854
    @anupamacharya88542 жыл бұрын

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

  • @HoopsJunkie
    @HoopsJunkie8 ай бұрын

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

  • @michaelzagari6235
    @michaelzagari62352 жыл бұрын

    I could watch this interview 100 times in a row.

  • @Rossini737
    @Rossini7375 жыл бұрын

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

  • @muzaffarkhamraev1584
    @muzaffarkhamraev15844 жыл бұрын

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

  • @xDRAGOSLAVx
    @xDRAGOSLAVx8 ай бұрын

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

  • @sureshnishtala2887
    @sureshnishtala28872 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FozzQuaker
    @FozzQuaker4 жыл бұрын

    I dont believe Steve Ballmer was ever a shy kid

  • @HiberNAT

    @HiberNAT

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @CarolinaDota
    @CarolinaDota4 жыл бұрын

    Steve Ballmer is my spirit animal

  • @3145mimosa
    @3145mimosa4 жыл бұрын

    This interview was very good. Thank you!

  • @musicandoutdoors
    @musicandoutdoors5 жыл бұрын

    Love it! Thanks David

  • @rajatbansal512
    @rajatbansal5125 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ivanbekavac2960

    @ivanbekavac2960

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @motivogolf877
    @motivogolf8775 жыл бұрын

    Great episode!

  • @johanngross6953
    @johanngross69532 жыл бұрын

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

  • @arigutman
    @arigutman9 ай бұрын

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

  • @IsaMutlib
    @IsaMutlib4 жыл бұрын

    Steve Ballmer is the human version of the drug speed.

  • @jasperstoj
    @jasperstoj3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @blackiechan202
    @blackiechan2025 жыл бұрын

    this guy is awesome

  • @melgross
    @melgross7 ай бұрын

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

  • @invincible6623
    @invincible6623 Жыл бұрын

    Great interview. I enjoyed it. 👍👍👍

  • @oscarsheen3045
    @oscarsheen30452 жыл бұрын

    Steve Ballmer is a great man. Great role model.

  • @SaartjeandRufus
    @SaartjeandRufus5 жыл бұрын

    "What the heck is software"

  • @SaifurRahman92
    @SaifurRahman924 жыл бұрын

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

  • @cesara4234
    @cesara42343 жыл бұрын

    Love this show

  • @jewishunited
    @jewishunited5 жыл бұрын

    Truly a leader!

  • @cyrptolover
    @cyrptolover Жыл бұрын

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

  • @QuickZ_
    @QuickZ_5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AnandaPradhan16041993
    @AnandaPradhan160419935 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lesterardon2009
    @lesterardon20095 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @magicalpodium
    @magicalpodium11 ай бұрын

    You can tell this guy has a strong work ethic.

  • @bojackjackson6959
    @bojackjackson69593 жыл бұрын

    Love this guy!

  • @FozzQuaker
    @FozzQuaker4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bhaskarvenk

    @bhaskarvenk

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @steflift5165

    @steflift5165

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MyKuL1990
    @MyKuL19904 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kingraghavsahni
    @kingraghavsahni4 жыл бұрын

    that energy though 🔥

  • @skyworldgroup6692
    @skyworldgroup66925 жыл бұрын

    Great video ever you are my role model

  • @YasinNabi
    @YasinNabi Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Name1st
    @Name1st2 жыл бұрын

    Great guy!!! Greets from Germany. 😁

  • @C_C-
    @C_C-4 жыл бұрын

    He was right about Developers tho.

  • @dopemusic6414
    @dopemusic64145 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jessecavada3015

    @jessecavada3015

    5 жыл бұрын

    Owesome Music my thought exactly

  • @germanordonez9121

    @germanordonez9121

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @nasreenshaikh7150

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Helloooooo

    @Helloooooo

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @polythenepam5032

    @polythenepam5032

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @amominah
    @amominah Жыл бұрын

    Amazing viedo. Rich in ecomical wisdom.

  • @jshepard152
    @jshepard1523 жыл бұрын

    We've got the tie joke now, thanks.

  • @MightySheep
    @MightySheep2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jeffliu3896
    @jeffliu38965 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kensimba7868

    @kensimba7868

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @SuperGirl-tf2wn
    @SuperGirl-tf2wn2 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @bighoss8793
    @bighoss87935 жыл бұрын

    Cocaine is a powerful drug.

  • @SuperTravianPlayer

    @SuperTravianPlayer

    4 жыл бұрын

    *balmer

  • @mirsondCA

    @mirsondCA

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why he is saying this???

  • @jungtarcph
    @jungtarcph5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @bhaskarvenk

    4 жыл бұрын

    Satya is cooler than both and stock rocks

  • @alainportant6412

    @alainportant6412

    4 ай бұрын

    @@bhaskarvenk no

  • @alainportant6412

    @alainportant6412

    4 ай бұрын

    @@bhaskarvenk nobody likes those people

  • @poparrow9416
    @poparrow94165 жыл бұрын

    Please do one with Mukesh Ambani or Jack Ma

  • @moidalam6275

    @moidalam6275

    5 жыл бұрын

    Who?

  • @happyicare5053
    @happyicare50534 жыл бұрын

    Look at Bill in that photo!😊😊

  • @pdr770
    @pdr7705 жыл бұрын

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

  • @walidak8229
    @walidak82295 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aviator680
    @aviator6804 жыл бұрын

    The guy who literally threw Microsoft Outta the window

  • @yashk246

    @yashk246

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @mwloos1

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kejiri3593

    @kejiri3593

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @frankm8667

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @iandrsaurri625

    @iandrsaurri625

    3 жыл бұрын

    He gets too much flak. He did so much good

  • @RandomNiceThings12
    @RandomNiceThings123 жыл бұрын

    I like this man

  • @ChildofYAH_
    @ChildofYAH_4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @danbadia7461
    @danbadia74613 жыл бұрын

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

  • @yuridriemeyer.movies635
    @yuridriemeyer.movies635 Жыл бұрын

    Great guy!

  • @davedave5787
    @davedave578711 ай бұрын

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

  • @impresiostudio8591
    @impresiostudio85915 жыл бұрын

    Please add English subtitle or caption

  • @inthedms82
    @inthedms825 жыл бұрын

    hes actually really well not boring

  • @pryl
    @pryl5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jasontran250
    @jasontran250 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @nikolagostovic5225
    @nikolagostovic52254 жыл бұрын

    im a fan of this man

  • @erickschmitt1917
    @erickschmitt19172 жыл бұрын

    Should run for president

  • @seniorzhang9114
    @seniorzhang9114 Жыл бұрын

    what software? why people needed a computer? fascinating!

  • @ankon009
    @ankon0096 ай бұрын

    Pain in my heart

  • @SomfilmsFHD
    @SomfilmsFHD3 жыл бұрын

    15:15 the interview repeats it self

  • @kumar198222
    @kumar1982223 жыл бұрын

    I would like to have co-worker like Steve👍

  • @jacgallo
    @jacgallo5 жыл бұрын

    I love steve balmer

  • @GeorgeKuruvilla
    @GeorgeKuruvilla5 жыл бұрын

    Titled "Humanizing Steve Ballmer"

  • @AdrianOrnelas1
    @AdrianOrnelas14 жыл бұрын

    Bring the Clippers to Las Vegas 🏀

  • @inthedms82
    @inthedms825 жыл бұрын

    RIP PAUL ALLEN

  • @happyicare5053
    @happyicare50534 жыл бұрын

    Thanksssss😊😊😊😊😊😊😘😘😘😘😀

  • @RyanLeesheik
    @RyanLeesheik5 жыл бұрын

    20 + billion and he had no interest wow

  • @chenlu1037
    @chenlu10374 жыл бұрын

    who can tell me what they said?

  • @carmikereid
    @carmikereid5 жыл бұрын

    Baller Ballmer

  • @blackrevenue8421
    @blackrevenue84213 жыл бұрын

    Guy has insane energy

  • @napoleonb55
    @napoleonb555 жыл бұрын

    Zuckerberg next pls!

  • @pomp4401
    @pomp440111 ай бұрын

    Developers, Developers, Developers!!!

  • @RaidenF8
    @RaidenF84 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aliqazilbash5231
    @aliqazilbash52313 жыл бұрын

    your product is a processing tool? come up with a document or organize a team?

  • @happyicare5053
    @happyicare50534 жыл бұрын

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

  • @happyicare5053
    @happyicare50534 жыл бұрын

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

  • @shantanutarey
    @shantanutarey5 жыл бұрын

    Steve Ballmer sounds like Joe from family guy

  • @ThinkPositiveDude

    @ThinkPositiveDude

    5 жыл бұрын

    yeah if joe was castrated.

  • @jesseickes9444
    @jesseickes94443 жыл бұрын

    A down-to-earth guy with an inspiring vision for people. We need more people like him as CEOs!

  • @chriskindler10

    @chriskindler10

    3 жыл бұрын

    what? Steve Ballmer a down-to-earth guy?

  • @iFreeThink
    @iFreeThink Жыл бұрын

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