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Gabe Newell
Newell at the 2010 Game Developers Conference
Born	November 3, 1962 (1962-11-03) (age 47)
Occupation	Managing director of Valve Corporation

Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962) is the co-founder and managing director of video game development and digital distribution company Valve Corporation.

Work

After dropping out of Harvard University^[1] Newell spent thirteen years working for Microsoft Corporation, ultimately becoming a "Microsoft Millionaire." Newell has described himself as "producer on the first three releases of Windows".^[2] 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 in 1996.^[2] He and Harrington used their money to fund Valve through the development of Half-Life.

During production on Half-Life 2, he spent several months focusing on the Steam project.^[3]

In 2007, Newell openly expressed his displeasure over developing his software for gaming consoles, particularly the PlayStation 3. In regard to the system, Newell was once quoted as claiming that developing processes for the console in general was "a waste of everybody's time"^[4] and "a disaster on many levels ... I'd say, even at this late date, they should just cancel it and do a do over. Just say, 'This was a horrible disaster and we're sorry and we're going to stop selling this and stop trying to convince people to develop for it'."^[5].

Personal life

Gabe is married to Lisa Newell and has two sons.^[6]

References

External links

• Gabe Newell at the Valve Developer Community wiki

Interviews:

• Discussing Valve at Rock, Paper, Shotgun
• Interview from August 2007 at Eurogamer
• The story of the development of Half-Life 2 at Gamespot
• Gabe Newell on Half-Life 2 at HL2 Central

From Wikiquote

Gabe Newell (born November 3, 1962) is the co-founder and managing director of game development company Valve Corporation.

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• The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted.
  • Tim Ingham (2008-01-15). Valve boss blows a gasket over PS3. MCV. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

• George Lucas should have distributed the "source code" to Star Wars. Millions of fans would create their own movies and stories. Most of them would be terrible, but a few would be genius.
  • Victoria Murphy Barret (2005-12-12). It's A Mod, Mod Underworld. Forbes. Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

• I love my body. I don't let anyone get me down about it. If someone says a hurtful comment, I just push it back.
  • Owen Good (2009-08-25). Gabe Newell was Victoria's Secret's No. 2 Body. Kotaku. Retrieved on 2009-08-25.

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Gabe Newell.

Gabe Newell is the co-founder and managing director of the computer game game development company, Valve Software. Newell is considered to be the public face of the company and a main reason for the success of Half-Life, although during production on Half-Life 2, he spent several months focusing on the Steam project.

Newell, a "Microsoft millionaire" after working 13 years for the company, founded Valve in 1996 with Mike Harrington, another former Microsoft employee. He and Harrington used their money to fund Valve through the development of Half-Life.

As part of his role in public relations, Gabe Newell has become well known for being extremely responsive and helpful when emailed about Valve's projects.

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