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Steve Ballmer

Ballmer purchased the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion in 2014 — a deal widely mocked at the time but now considered one of the best sports investments ever as the franchise's value has climbed past $5 billion, representing a 150% increase. He remains one of Microsoft's largest individual shareholders.

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Steve Ballmer: From Developers Rant to $100 Billion — The Unlikely Billionaire

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