Steven Anthony Ballmer(March 24, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American businessman and has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000. Ballmer is the first person to become a billionaire in U.S. dollars based on stock options received as an employee of a corporation in which he was neither a founder nor a relative of a founder. In Forbes 2007 World's Richest People ranking, Ballmer was ranked the 31st richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $15 billion. Ballmer married Connie Snyder, who worked in Microsoft's public relations agency, and has three children. His wife is the aunt of former major league baseball player Ben Petrick.
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