In time for President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday, USAFacts has released its annual “nonpartisan, data-driven snapshot” of how things are going in the country. The “State… Read More
What does it take to create meaningful change in the modern world? A few ideas: Those are some of the insights from GeekWire’s profiles of six “Uncommon Thinkers”: Seattle-area inventors,… Read More
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— Vancouver, Wash.-based AI drug design and development company Absci named Frans van Houten to its board of directors. A longtime business exec, van Houten is known for spearheading Philips’… Read More
USAFacts this week released its yearly roundup of U.S. stats ahead of President Biden’s annual State of the Union address on Feb. 7. The “State of the Union in Numbers”… Read More
— Tanuja Korlepra, a former Amazon and Microsoft product management leader, has been named chief technology officer of USAFacts, the Bellevue, Wash.-based nonpartisan civic data initiative founded by former Microsoft… Read More
Understanding any subject requires knowing the numbers, and that includes looking at the long-term trends. That was one of Steve Ballmer’s guiding principles as Microsoft’s CEO, and it remains his… Read More
There are plenty of ways to be a total turkey at your Thanksgiving gathering. Not having your facts straight about a variety of timely topics might be the easiest way.… Read More
Granny’s green bean casserole might be worth a second helping during any other Thanksgiving gathering, but this year the people at Steve Ballmer’s USAFacts are back with another platter of… Read More
USAFacts, the nonpartisan, not-for-profit civic data initiative founded by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is launching a $10 million ad campaign to illustrate the power of data and facts. The… Read More
You may not have Steve Ballmer excitedly thumping a turkey leg at your Thanksgiving gathering this week, but you can at least bring a helping of data from the USAFacts… Read More
“I want our electeds to own the darn numbers. This is the state of our government. This is what’s going on. If you’re going to talk about something, you’d better… Read More
Special counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation, and the 2020 presidential campaign is already heating up. So what’s next on the national political agenda? Yep, healthcare is back. On… Read More
Steve Ballmer brought his trademark fist-pumping high energy to the guest chair on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Tuesday night and the former Microsoft CEO laughed his way through a discussion… Read More
Airbnb hired Fred Reid to be global head of transportation, a role that will focus on building partnerships and services around travel. Reid joined from Kitty Hawk, where he led… Read More
Back in ninth grade, Steve Ballmer transferred to a new school in Detroit and found himself behind in math. Fortunately, he had Ted Kuss as a math teacher. Introducing ‘Numbers… Read More
The most common concern among voters, as they prepare to cast their ballots Tuesday, is President Donald Trump, according to a poll conducted on behalf of USAFacts, the non-partisan government data… Read More
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s nonprofit group USAFacts today debuted a new Voter Center, an online resource that shows the positions members of Congress take publicly and compares them with government… Read More
Steve Ballmer bound onto the set of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” Friday night in his usual high-energy style, assuring Maher that he wasn’t smoking anything, had ditched caffeine… Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Many of the people who filled an auditorium here Thursday for an appearance by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer were clearly familiar with his greatest hits, with… Read More
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REDMOND — It’s tax day in the United States, and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is hosting a first-of-its-kind “shareholder meeting” for American taxpayers as a live event this morning… Read More
Steve Ballmer is no stranger to shareholder meetings, but this is not your typical investor gathering. The former Microsoft CEO and current L.A. Clippers owner will facilitate the first-ever “shareholder… Read More
It has been nearly four years since Steve Ballmer left his job as Microsoft CEO, and he’s noticeably more relaxed these days. “One of the nice things about having four… Read More
Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO, has always been a numbers guy. In his post-Microsoft life, he’s deeply entrenched in the key numbers of the United States as the leader… Read More
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer launched his new nonprofit venture today, aiming to give everyday citizens the same type of information about the government as corporate leaders and investors have about companies… Read More
Steve Ballmer is a numbers guy. The former Microsoft CEO and current L.A. Clippers owner was renowned for using data to run one of the world’s largest companies — maintaining a… Read More
