Gabe Newell's career has always revolved around technology. He was attending Harvard University when he ultimately decided to drop out and begin working for Microsoft in 1983.
He was only really visiting and hanging out with his brother at work, but was reprimanded by Steve Ballmer, who went on to become Microsoft's CEO, for distracting his brother. Ballmer then told him to be useful if he was going to be around so much.
In an interview via Google Hangouts, Newell actually said that the first three months he spent working at Microsoft was "probably the most intense and valuable educational experience I've ever had."
His stint at Microsoft lasted in 1996 when he and fellow employee Mike Harrington left to put up their own company, Valve
Gabe Newell, Valve, and Half-Life
Since the creation of Valve in 1996, Gabe Newell has enjoyed continued success as the Valve CEO.
According to Forbes, Newell's net worth is at $4.1 billion and currently owns at least a quarter of Valve. In 2020, he ranked 186th in the Forbes 400 list.
Valve went on to publish more video games such as "Portal," "Portal 2," "Left 4 Dead," "Left 4 Dead 2," "Dota 2," and "Half-Life: Alyx." Newell and the company also went on to create a virtual reality headset called Vive in 2016. Vive was done in partnership with consumer electronics company HTC.
As for Steam, it hit an all-time record of 26 million users just last February.
What the future holds, no one really knows. But what is known is that the Valve CEO teased the possibility of Steam's PC games heading to consoles in the future. "Half-Life 3" and "Left 4 Dead 3" might still not be in the cards but, then again, who knows?
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Written by Isabella James
