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MSFT Market cap when Ballmer took over: $601B MSFT Market cap when Ballmer announced he was leaving: $270B That was the problem... even if the initial valuati

by mbreese 10y ago

MSFT Market cap when Ballmer took over: $601B MSFT Market cap when Ballmer announced he was leaving: $270B That was the problem... even if the initial valuation was ridiculously inflated by the early tech bubble, post-crash, the stock was pretty stagnant throughout his tenure as CEO. http://fortune.com/2013/08/23/steve-ballmers-market-cap-problem/ http://fortune.com/2013/08/23/steve-ballmers-market-cap-prob...

refurb 10y ago
Balmer became the CEO right at the peak of the tech bubble. He couldn't (nobody could) possibly have maintained that sort of valuation. It was all hype and irrational exuberance.
- mbreese 10y ago
  It really wasn't the loss post-bubble that was Ballmer's issue, it was that the stock price was stagnant.
- novembermike 10y ago
  Balmer's reign also coincides almost perfectly with the anti-trust actions taken against Microsoft. He was given the worst Microsoft to do anything with.