Gabe Newell

After a lucky 13 years at Microsoft where he handled everything from Windows (as a program manager on the initial and subsequent releases of the OS) to headed up the Redmond software giant's multimedia offshoot, Gabe Newell took the seven figures he'd earned and along with fellow Microsoft employee Mike Harrington formed Valve Corporation in 1996. They entirely self-funded their first project, Half-Life, which wound up turning PC first-person shooters on their head when it was released two years later.

Gabe Newell talks Steam Deck, crypto risks and why the PC industry “won't tolerate” closed platforms

Gabe Newell shrugs off Microsoft's legal commitment to keep Call Of Duty on Steam

Gabe newell hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy

Valve's Gabe Newell reveals he's spent five months living in New Zealand

Gabe Newell - conheça um dos fundadores da Valve Corporation

Gabe Newell on Half-Life 3 for a decade

Gabe Newell: 'We're way closer to The Matrix than people realize

The Curious Incident of the Disappearing Gabe Newell AMA - Vox

Gabe Newell has his Oprah moment and gives EVERYONE at Vision Summit a free HTC Vive

Gabe Newell - Age, Bio, Birthday, Family, Net Worth

Gabe Newell playing Half-Life in his office in April of 1998, seven months before the game's release. : r/Steam

Gabe Newell (@OfficialNewell) / X