Along that same thread, Ballmer was also in the middle of a Stanford MBA and he was heavily recruited by Gates himself. (1) Guy didn't exactly fall into MSFT b

Along that same thread, Ballmer was also in the middle of a Stanford MBA and he was heavily recruited by Gates himself. (1) Guy didn't exactly fall into MSFT by accident, and in fact MSFT was no where near an incumbent, their revenue mark was sub $8m while Apple was literally going public a few months after Ballmer wound up joining MSFT. (2) (1) https://books.google.com/books?id=klV_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=bill+gates+recruited+steve+ballmer&source=bl&ots=ulzd8SWv4F&sig=lfznIf-TYJV1r9uYH2qYTxxxE8Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMtvH1yMDJAhUDtIMKHVw4AZcQ6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&q=bill%20gates%20recruited%20steve%20ballmer&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=klV_BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA37&lpg=P... (2) http://www.thocp.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company.htm http://www.thocp.net/companies/microsoft/microsoft_company.h...