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One of the oldest employees on Microsoft's payroll announced his retirement from the industry on August 23rd, 2013. Steve Ballmer has for the score of his 33 years at Microsoft been a man of flamboyance.

The Detroit born Steve has been a close associate of Bill Gates since the 1980s when he was hired as the first business manager for the tech firm. There on he has held multiple portfolios - Senior VP of Sales & Support, Senior VP of systems software, Senior VP of Marketing and CEO of Microsoft since 2000.