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Steve Ballmer was an underrated CEO

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371 points greggyb | 1 comments | 28 Oct 24 21:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.379s | source
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devinegan ◴[28 Oct 24 22:37 UTC] No.41977252[source]▶
"When Ballmer became CEO in January 2000, Microsoft's stock was around $53. When he stepped down in February 2014, it was around $38."

By that metric, no he wasn't underrated.

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1. throw4950sh06 ◴[29 Oct 24 00:26 UTC] No.41978121[source]▶
Msft had a stock split during that time.