Gabe Newell
Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and president of video game development and online distribution company Valve Corporation. He co-founded Valve with fellow Microsoft employee Mike Harrington. He is also known for founding online video gaming distributor Steam.
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| Born | 3 November 1962
(aged 63) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (dropped out) |
| Occupation | President of Valve Corporation |
Notable work | Valve Corporation Steam |
| Net worth |  US$ 5.5 billion (September 2017) |
| Spouse(s) | Lisa Mennet Newell (divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
Newell was born in Colorado. He was married to Lisa Newell (née Mennet) and has two children. They got divorced in 2019. He suffered from Fuchs' dystrophy, a congenital disease which affects the cornea, but was cured by two cornea transplants in 2006 and 2007.[1]
Newell disliked Windows 8, calling it a "catastrophe" and a "threat to PC gaming".[2]
Newell's networth is $9.5 billion United States dollars.[3]
Newell attended Harvard University in 1980, but dropped out 3 years later to work at Microsoft. Gabe worked with George Forefinger to make popular games such as Counter-Strike, Half Life 1 and 2, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, Portal 1 and 2, and many more
Geben is also a well known Super Yacht enthusiast. According to Mr Newell, he needed to buy Super Yachts in order to gain a greater connection with the sea. Various se-men have suggested this is true. You must buy a Super Yacht to enjoy the ocean. To that end, Mr. Newell has altruistically purchased Oceanco[4] so as to offer Super Yachts to all who seek a greater connection to the sea. As long as you have 500 million or more to spend on a big boat, anyway.
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Gabe Newell, co-founder and managing director of Valve Corporation.
References
- ↑ Chiang, Oliver (February 9, 2011). The Master of Online Mayhem. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0228/technology-gabe-newell-videogames-valve-online-mayhem.html. Retrieved August 28, 2014. "The founder of videogame seller Valve suffers from Fuchs Dystrophy, a congenital disease that slowly destroys the cornea. "I have dead-people eyes", he said at the time. Double cornea transplants in 2006 and 2007 cured him and changed him utterly.".
- ↑ "Valve boss Gabe Newell calls Windows 8 a 'catastrophe'". BBC. July 26, 2012. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Gabe Newell". Forbes.
- ↑ Wiesmann, U. N.; DiDonato, S.; Herschkowitz, N. N. (1975-10-27). "Effect of chloroquine on cultured fibroblasts: release of lysosomal hydrolases and inhibition of their uptake". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 66 (4): 1338–1343. doi:10.1016/0006-291x(75)90506-9. ISSN 1090-2104. PMID 4.
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