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.

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Gabe Newell on why game delays are okay: 'Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.

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Gabe Newell - WholesGame

Valve's Gabe Newell being flown to Australia by gaming community

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

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Gabe Newell stokes the 'Half-Life 3' fire

Gabe Newell Responds to Paid Mods Furor - mxdwn Games

Gabe Newell on Brain-computer Interfaces: 'We're way closer to The Matrix than people realize

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Gabe Newell (Person) - Giant Bomb