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2 Jun 2025 Acquired The Steve Ballmer Interview

“I said, no, Charlie, but I’m not loyal. I don’t know why Paul and Bill didn’t hang on.”

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2 Jun 2025
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Acquired

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…As only Charlie can. You did a Charlie episode. We do our panel thing, the two of us, and then Q&A. Charlie gets up to the mic, he’s not moving super well, but he gets up to the mic and, oh, Charlie. We can call on you. Charlie says, Steve, I’m wondering why you held onto your Microsoft stock when your partners over there didn’t. I know you’re not that smart. I said, no, Charlie, but I’m not loyal. I don’t know why Paul and Bill didn’t hang on. I don’t know. You’d have to ask them. But for me it’s from the heart thing. And I think it’d be fine. It’s not going to screw anything up financially. What’s the worst thing that happens? Microsoft goes to zero? Probably not, but even if Microsoft goes to zero, me and my family, we can live, we can give away money, it’s not going to go to zero. And I’m okay any way it goes. I’m fine. And are the Clippers and the Intuit Dome fully paid off at this point?…

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