The Brains Behind the Operations: Tech Nerds, Before They Were Stars!
You're using one now to click through this gallery, but did you ever wonder about the history of the computer? Or the iPod, or Twitter? Snakkle looks back at some of America's most influential tech nerds—spitball targets who became business magnates. Remember, bullies, one day those nerds will run the world! By Brittany CarsonAfter scoring an 800 on the math section of the SAT, Detroit Country Day School senior Steve Ballmer was accepted into Harvard, where he managed the football team, worked on The Harvard Crimson and The Harvard Advocate, and lived down the hall from Bill Gates. At Microsoft, Ballmer headed a number of different divisions within the company and became known for his high energy and unusual speeches at conferences. Many videos of him onstage have gone viral, including this one and this early Windows commercial. Ballmer is definitely a certain kind of crazy, but hey, not all crazy is bad, right?
Did you know: He uses an Excel spreadsheet to track his calendar. We’re still not sure what that means.
December 06, 2011 at 3:51 pm, Mark Johnson said:
Franken-Balmer is my favorite.
Nice unibrow bro.