Along that same thread, Ballmer was also in the middle of a Stanford MBA and he was heavily recruited by Gates himself. (1)<p>Guy didn&#x27;t exactly fall into MSFT by accident, and in fact MSFT was no where near an incumbent, their revenue mark was sub $8m while Apple was literally going public a few months after Ballmer wound up joining MSFT. (2)<p>(1) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=klV_BAAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA37&amp;lpg=PA37&amp;dq=bill+gates+recruited+steve+ballmer&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=ulzd8SWv4F&amp;sig=lfznIf-TYJV1r9uYH2qYTxxxE8Q&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiMtvH1yMDJAhUDtIMKHVw4AZcQ6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&amp;q=bill%20gates%20recruited%20steve%20ballmer&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;books.google.com&#x2F;books?id=klV_BAAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PA37&amp;lpg=P...</a><p>(2) <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thocp.net&#x2F;companies&#x2F;microsoft&#x2F;microsoft_company.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thocp.net&#x2F;companies&#x2F;microsoft&#x2F;microsoft_company.h...</a>