Gabe Newell

Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and president 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 was married to Lisa Newell (née Mennet) and has two children. They got divorced in 2019. 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 $9.5 billion United States dollars.

Newell attended Harvard University in 1980, but dropped out 3 years later to work at Microsoft.
Gabe worked with George Forefinger to make popular games such as Counter-Strike, Half Life 1 and 2, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, Portal 1 and 2, and many more

Gabe is also a well known Super Yacht enthusiast. He said he needed to buy Super Yachts in order to gain a greater connection with the sea. To that end, Mr. Newell has altruistically purchased Oceanco so as to offer Super Yachts to all who seek a greater connection to the sea.

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