Net worth
$155.6B
Forbes Real-Time · as of Sep 24, 2026
Latest moves
No moves from Steve Ballmer in the digest yet. The archive grows every morning.
Recent SEC filings
No SEC filings in the last 90 days.
Form 4 insider trades post within 2 business days. 13F fund holdings can arrive 45 days after quarter end. New to filings? Read Filings 101.
Footprint
Companies
Intuit Dome (Inglewood, CA arena; opened Aug 15, 2024; ~$2B)Owner via Murphy's Bowl LLC
source ↗Stakes
Microsoft Corp.MSFT · ~4% · as of 2023 · $497.93 ▼ 0.53%
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- Ticker
- MSFT
- Stake
- ~4% after 2003 sales (older figure); Wikipedia notes ~$1B/yr in dividends as of 2023
- Stake as of
- 2023
Stagwell Inc. Class ASTGW · 116,044,633 shares = 43.5% of… · as of Apr 2025 · $8.31 ▼ 2.00%
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- Ticker
- STGW
- Stake
- 116,044,633 shares = 43.5% of Class A (via Polpat LLC; received in Stagwell Media LP distribution)
- Stake as of
- 2025-04-04
Investment vehicles
Polpat LLCholding co · CIK 0002066700
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- Type
- holding co
- Notes
- Delaware LLC wholly owned by Ballmer, Bellevue WA; holds Stagwell stake; EDGAR shows only a Form 3 (2025-05-05), no 13F-HR.
Ballmer Groupfamily office
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- Type
- family office
- Notes
- Philanthropic investment LLC (not a foundation) focused on economic mobility in WA, LA County and Detroit; limited disclosure. No EDGAR/13F match.
Murphy's Bowl LLCholding co
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- Type
- holding co
- Notes
- Ballmer entity through which he owns Intuit Dome.
Private deals
Stagwell Media LP exchanged 151.6M Class C shares for Class A and distributed them; Ballmer (via Polpat) received…Apr 2025
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- In full
- Stagwell Media LP exchanged 151.6M Class C shares for Class A and distributed them; Ballmer (via Polpat) received 116.0M STGW Class A shares
- Date
- 2025-04-08
Real estate
Hunts Point, WAprimary residence
source ↗Coupeville (Whidbey Island), WA~10 properties (as of 2024) · 2024
source ↗Inglewood, CAThe Forum arena (bought from MSG, all… · $400M · 2020
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- Type
- The Forum arena (bought from MSG, all cash)
- Price
- 400000000
- Date
- 2020
Inglewood, CAIntuit Dome arena (Clippers home… · $2B · Aug 2024
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- Type
- Intuit Dome arena (Clippers home; hosted 2026 NBA All-Star Game; 2028 Olympics basketball)
- Price
- 2000000000
- Date
- 2024-08-15
- Via
- Murphy's Bowl LLC
Trophies
Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise
source ↗Intuit Dome and The Forum arenas, Inglewood (Intuit naming rights: 23 years, >= $500M)
source ↗Legal & regulatory
NBA investigation (via Wachtell Lipton) into alleged salary-cap circumvention via Aspiration payments to Kawhi…
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- In full
- NBA investigation (via Wachtell Lipton) into alleged salary-cap circumvention via Aspiration payments to Kawhi Leonard; Wikipedia reports NBA found Clippers and Ballmer guilty, imposed record penalties and a one-year ban on Ballmer (Sept 2026)
Kawhi Leonard fined $700,000 by NBA in the same probe (concluded Sept 2)
source ↗Ballmer's lawyers moved (Jan 2026) to dismiss him from Aspiration-related investor lawsuit
source ↗Clippers previously fined $250,000 in 2015 for cap circumvention
source ↗Giving
Ballmer Group (LLC; e.g., $165M to Communities in Schools, 2023)
source ↗University of Oregon ($425M behavioral-health institute gift, 2022)
source ↗USAFacts
source ↗Research gaps: Web-search budget exhausted; relied on EDGAR and Wikipedia. Current MSFT share count/% unverified (Ballmer no longer files Section 16 reports; ~4% is an older figure). NBA penalty details (exact fines, draft picks, suspension dates) only from Wikipedia without primary NBA.com source. Ballmer Group is an LLC so no EIN; USAFacts EIN not found. No recent residential purchases verified.
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What to watch
Scope/duration of NBA suspension of Ballmer and Clippers penalties heading into 2026-27 season; any appeal
source ↗Aspiration-related investor litigation naming Ballmer (dismissal motion filed Jan 2026)
source ↗Any Schedule 13D amendments on Stagwell (43.5% holder; 13D reserves right to buy/sell or engage board)
source ↗Microsoft dividend income / any Ballmer MSFT sales (no Section 16 filings since 2014)
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