Gabe Newell
Gabe Logan Newell (; born (1962-11-03)November 3, 1962) is the co-founder and managing director of video game development and digital distribution company Valve Corporation. After having dropped out of Harvard University, Newell spent thirteen years working at Microsoft on Windows. With Mike Harrington, he co-founded Valve in 1996 and remains its managing director.
Work
After having dropped out of Harvard University, Newell spent thirteen years working for Microsoft, ultimately becoming a "Microsoft Millionaire". Newell has described himself as "producer on the first three releases of Windows". Inspired by Michael Abrash, who left Microsoft to work on the computer game Quake at id Software, Newell and another Microsoft employee, Mike Harrington, left Microsoft to found Valve L.L.C. in 1996. Newell and Harrington used their money to fund Valve L.L.C. through the development of Half-Life and GoldSrc.
During production on Half-Life 2, he spent several months focusing on the Steam project.
