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Steve Ballmer, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers and former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 television interview at Stanford University in Stanford, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Ballmer added $878 million to his net worth after Microsoft Corp. reported first-quarter sales and earnings that topped analysts' estimates, buoyed by growing demand for cloud-based software and services. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Steve Ballmer, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers and former chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., speaks during a Bloomberg Studio 1.0 television interview at Stanford University in Stanford, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Ballmer added $878 million to his net worth after Microsoft Corp. reported first-quarter sales and earnings that topped analysts' estimates, buoyed by growing demand for cloud-based software and services. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images