- Billionaire Steve Ballmer is known for his antics at Microsoft events in the 2000s.
- The then-Microsoft CEO would often shout, run, and dance on stage at events.
- Here are nine of his wildest moments including some questionable dance moves at a Fergie show.
Steve Ballmer – the former CEO of Microsoft and owner of the LA Clippers basketball team – is well known for his unconventional leadership style and madcap antics.
Ballmer is a longtime associate of Bill Gates and is the sixth-richest person on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index worth about $130 billion — just two spots behind the Microsoft cofounder.
Ballmer joined Microsoft as an assistant to the president in 1980 and 20 years later climbed his way all the way to the top as CEO. He stepped down in 2014.
The billionaire was well known for his playful and energetic personality and would often shout, scream, and run around at Microsoft events, to great cheers from the crowd. His unfiltered public personality stands at odds with more conventional and controlled business leaders.
Here’s nine of Ballmer’s zaniest moments.
