Bill Gates says he worried Microsoft could "fade" in excellence when he stepped down, but his successor, Steve Ballmer, "took ...

I have great pride, and great joy, that the thing that we built has continued to flourish,” former Microsoft CEO Steve ...

GeekWire's Microsoft@50 event, marking the tech giant's milestone anniversary, will feature on-stage conversations with ...

A yin-yang approach to philanthropy has shaped the Ballmer Group. But the husband-and-wife founders have remained focused on one goal: to improve economic mobility in the U.S.

If you’d been around when Microsoft went public in March of 1986, you would have been wise to buy the stock. A $1,000 ...

Ballmer was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 24, 1956. He was born to a wealthy family, allowing him to attend Detroit ...

Skype never really made sense in a world where Microsoft wants everyone to use Teams. I don’t know for sure how this sort of ...

Founded in 2003 by Nordic entrepreneurs, Skype at one time was owned by eBay Inc. and was in the hands of a private ...

By 2011, when Microsoft bought it from eBay, Skype had about 170 million users worldwide, then-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer ...

Microsoft is shutting down what was once a pioneer in videoconferencing. Skype, the video-calling service that was once so ...