Lord Gabe Now on Top 100 of Forbes List

With Networth of $5.5 B...

• Gabe Newell has led Valve Corp., which develops video games, since he cofounded it in 1998 with former Microsoft colleague Mike Harrington.
• The company found initial success with games like Half-Life and Portal.
• Valve Corp. plays a big role in PC game sales through its Steam digital store; some liken it to the iTunes of video games.
• Steam sells game licenses to 125 million users of its own and other developers' titles and collects a percentage of the sales.
• Forbes estimates that Newell owns just over half the company, which operates out of Bellevue, Washington.

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