PHOTOS: Steve Ballmer is the new L.A. Clippers owner
August 12, 2014
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a Microsoft event in San Francisco, Wednesday, June 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ( Microsoft )
Members of the Los Angeles Clippers listen to the national anthem before Game 4 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in Oakland, Calif. The Clippers chose not to speak publicly about owner Donald Sterling. Instead, they made a silent protest. The players wore their red Clippers' warmup shirts inside out to hide the team's logo. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) ( APTOPIX Clippers Warriors Sterling Players Basketball )
Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO (L), sits with Dan Beckerman, the President and CEO of AEG (R) in the first period of Game Six of the Western Conference Final during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 30, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) ( 492396963MW00101_Chicago_Bl )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer plans to announce the official start of public beta testing for Windows 7 at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Wednesday evening. Las Vegas NV, Jan 7,2009. Photo by Gene Blevins/LA Daily News ( DN00-CES-STEVE-BALLMER )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talks as keynote speaker to kickoff the start of the 2012 CES show in Las Vegas NV. This is the last show that Micorsoft will kick off with a keynote speech, that ends a run of 15 straight years. It's also the last time Microsoft will have a booth at the CES show. The problem with the show's timing will be acute for Microsoft this year. A new version of Windows won't be ready until the fall. In his keynote speech Monday evening, CEO Steve Ballmer showed a demo of the new Windows 8. Las Vegas NV. Jan 9,2012, Photo by Gene Blevins/LA DailyNews ( USA/ )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer(R) joins Ryan Seacrest as keynote speaker to kickoff the start of the 2012 CES show in Las Vegas NV. This is the last show that Micorsoft will kick off with a keynote speech, that ends a run of 15 straight years. It's also the last time Microsoft will have a booth at the CES show. The problem with the show's timing will be acute for Microsoft this year. A new version of Windows won't be ready until the fall. In his keynote speech Monday evening, CEO Steve Ballmer showed a demo of the new Windows 8. Las Vegas NV. Jan 9,2012, Photo by Gene Blevins/LA DailyNews ( USA/ )
Staples Center senior VP/GM Lee Zeidman shakes hands with Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO, during Game Six of the Western Conference Final during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 30, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Ballmer has agreed to pay $2 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) ( 492396963MW00095_Chicago_Bl )
Keynote speaker Steve Ballmer Microsoft CEO talks at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at the start of the 2010 CES show in Las Vegas NV. Jan 6,2010. Photo by Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer(L) shakes hands with CEA president Gary Shaprio to kickoff the start of the 2012 CES show in Las Vegas NV. This is the last show that Micorsoft will kick off with a keynote speech, that ends a run of 15 straight years. It's also the last time Microsoft will have a booth at the CES show. The problem with the show's timing will be acute for Microsoft this year. A new version of Windows won't be ready until the fall. In his keynote speech Monday evening, CEO Steve Ballmer showed a demo of the new Windows 8. Las Vegas NV. Jan 9,2012, Photo by Gene Blevins/LA DailyNews ( USA/ )
Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO (L), sits with former Los Angeles Kings great Luc Robitaille (R) in the first period in Game Six of the Western Conference Final during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 30, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Ballmer has agreed to pay $2 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) ( 492396963MW00096_Chicago_Bl )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a Microsoft event in San Francisco, Monday, July 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) ( Microsoft Event )
Shelly Sterling, seated front, watches the Clippers-Thunder game, Thursday, May 15, 2014, at Staples Center. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker/Los Angeles Daily News) ( 0516_SPO_LDN-L-CLIPPERS-THUNDER-MB )
Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer delivers a preshow keynote address at the 2011 International CES. Las Vegas NV. Jan 5,2011. Photo by Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
Keynote speaker Steve Ballmer Microsoft CEO talks at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at the start of the 2010 CES show in Las Vegas NV. Jan 6,2010. Photo by Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, right, sits with his wife Rochelle during the Clippers NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, in Los Angeles. The Pistons won 113-107.(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ( Pistons Clippers Basketball )
NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 29: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver holds a press conference to discuss Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling at the Hilton Hotel on April 29, 2014 in New York City. Silver announced that Sterling will be banned from the NBA for life and will be fined $2.5 million for racist comments released in audio recordings. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) ( 487580375EG00001_NBA_Commis )
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, right, and his wife Connie pose on the steps of the Elysee Palace after he was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honor by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, unseen, in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool) ( France Steve Ballmer )
Chairman Bill Gates CEO, left, and Steve Ballmer take their seats to begin the annual Microsoft shareholders meeting, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( Microsoft Shareholders )
Keynote speaker Steve Ballmer Microsoft CEO talks at the Beverly Hilton Hotel at the start of the 2010 CES show in Las Vegas NV. Jan 6,2010. Photo by Gene Blevins/LA Daily News
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, center front, and Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, left front, pose for the media alongside British apprentices in the Microsoft "Get On" program, after their meeting at 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. The Prime Minister met with Steve Ballmer to talk about the launch of Microsoft's ‘Get On’ program, a three year initiative to help tackle youth unemployment in the UK. (AP Photo/Bogdan Maran) ( Britain Microsoft )
Clippers coach Doc Rivers celebrates with fans in their 126-121 win over the Warriors in game seven of the Western Conference playoffs, Saturday, May 3, 2014, at Staples Center. (Photo by Michael Owen Baker/L.A. Daily News) ( 0504_SPO_LDN-L-CLIPPERS-WARRIORS-MB )
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corp, gestures during the presentation of a new mobile phone, in Milan, Italy, Friday, Oct. 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Clippers’ Blake Griffin takes the floor for game 5 of the NBA playoff series at Staples Center Tuesday. ( Photo by John McCoy/Los Angeles Daily News ) ( 0430_SPO_LDN-L-CLIPPERS-WARRIORS-JM )
Microsoft's Chief Executive Steve Ballmer is seen during a press conference he gave in Paris, Thursday Oct.7, 2010, after signing an agreement with French national Library chairman Bruno Racine. (AP Photo / Remy de la Mauviniere) ( France Microsoft )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer plans to announce the official start of public beta testing for Windows 7 at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Wednesday evening. Las Vegas NV, Jan 7,2009. Photo by Gene Blevins/LA Daily News ( DN00-CES-STEVE-BALLMER )
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer listens to a question during Microsoft's annual meeting of shareholders, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Microsoft Shareholders )
Stephen Elop CEO of Nokia, left, shakes hands with CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer, in London, as they announce their strategic partnership, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) ( Britain Nokia Microsoft )
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer speaks in Santa Clara, Calif., Tuesday, March 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) ( Microsoft Google )
Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, left, delivers his speech at the Elysee Palace after he was awarded Knight of the Legion of Honor by France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, in Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, Pool) ( France Steve Ballmer )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at the Web. 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Ballmer spoke about Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple and Google during his talk. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) ( Web Conference )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, right, talks with Ryan Seacrest during his keynote address at the 2012 International CES tradeshow, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, in Las Vegas. CES, the world's largest consumer electronics exhibition starts Tuesday. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) ( Gadget Show )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveils its"Surface", a new tablet computer to compete with Apple's iPad at Hollywood's Milk Studios in Los Angeles Monday, June 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ( Microsoft )
FILE - This file photo taken Nov. 19, 2013, shows then Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during the company's annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) ( Clippers Sterling Basketball )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer holds up his personal tablet device as he speaks at the company's annual shareholders meeting Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013, in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) ( Microsoft Shareholders Meeting )
In this Tuesday, May 22, 2012, file photo, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivers a speech during a Seoul Digital Forum in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ( Ballmer's Last Stand )
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer waits his turn to deliver a speech during Seoul Digital Forum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ( South Korea Steve Ballmer )
Los Angeles Clippers remove their warm up jackets in sign of protest over the alleged racist remarks made by their owner Donald Sterling before playing the Golden State Warriors in Game 4 of their Western Conference NBA playoff at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, April 27, 2014. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group) ( WARRIORS VS. CLIPPERS GAME 4 )
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer holds a tablet computer, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, at the company's annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) ( Microsoft Shareholders )
This screenshot shows the homepage for the official website of the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, after the the team's owner, Donald Sterling, was banned for life by the NBA in response to racist comments the league says he made in a recorded conversation. Sterling was also fined $2.5 million, and NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he will try to force the controversial owner to sell his franchise. (AP Photo) ( Clippers Sterling )
Steve Ballmer, former Microsoft CEO (C), sits with Dan Beckerman, the President and CEO of AEG (L) and former Los Angeles Kings great Luc Robitaille (R) in the first period in Game Six of the Western Conference Final during the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Staples Center on May 30, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Ballmer has agreed to pay $2 billion for the Los Angeles Clippers. (Photo by Jeff Gross/Getty Images) ( 494772157 )
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