page_title: Gabe Newell
hierarchical_section_title: Gabe Newell
caption_attribution_description: English: Gabe Newell, Game Developers Conference. Français&#160;: Gabe Newell à la Game Developers Conference en 2010.
context_page_description: Gabe Logan Newell is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and managing director of video game development and online distribution company Valve Corporation. He co-founded Valve with fellow Microsoft employee Mike Harrington. He is also known for founding online video gaming distributor Steam.
  Newell was born in Colorado. He is married to Lisa Newell and has two children. He is a financial supporter of the Democratic Party. He suffered from Fuchs' dystrophy, a congenital disease which affects the cornea, but was cured by two cornea transplants in 2006 and 2007.
  Newell disliked Windows 8, calling it a "catastrophe" and a "threat to PC gaming".
  Newell's networth is $5.5 billion United States dollars.
  Newell attended Harvard University in 1980, but dropped out 3 years later to work at Microsoft.
context_section_description: Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and managing director of video game development and online distribution company Valve Corporation. He co-founded Valve with fellow Microsoft employee Mike Harrington. He is also known for founding online video gaming distributor Steam.
  Newell was born in Colorado. He is married to Lisa Newell (née Mennet) and has two children. He is a financial supporter of the Democratic Party. He suffered from Fuchs' dystrophy, a congenital disease which affects the cornea, but was cured by two cornea transplants in 2006 and 2007.
  Newell disliked Windows 8, calling it a "catastrophe" and a "threat to PC gaming".
  Newell's networth is $5.5 billion United States dollars.
  Newell attended Harvard University in 1980, but dropped out 3 years later to work at Microsoft.
caption: Newell at the 2010 Game Developers Conference.
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