> He's still the 8th largest shareholder according to Bloomberg's records(103,000,000 share), which is pretty impressive given that the 7 entities above him are

> He's still the 8th largest shareholder according to Bloomberg's records(103,000,000 share), which is pretty impressive given that the 7 entities above him are all funds. Steve Ballmer has a far larger position in Microsoft than Gates does. Ballmer has $52.9 billion in Microsoft stock presently (333m shares), per Bloomberg. A little over three times that of Gates. Ballmer appears to be the third largest holder, behind Blackrock (which has 515m shares).