richest person in the world. Philanthropy On November 12, 2014, it was announced that Ballmer and his wife Connie donated $50 million to the University of Oregon. Connie Ballmer is a University of Oregon alumnus and previously served on the institution's board of trustees. The funds will go toward the university's $2 billion fundraising effort, and will focus on scholarships, public health research and advocacy, and external branding/communications. On November 13, 2014, it was announced that Ballmer would provide a gift, estimated at $60 million, to Harvard University's computer science department. The gift would allow the department to hire new faculty, and hopefully increase the national stature of the program. Ballmer previously donated $10 million to the same department in 1994, in a joint-gift with Bill Gates. In 2022, Ballmer made a large gift of $425 million to University of Oregon to fund a new institute for children's behavioral health. Ballmer serves on the World Chairman's Council of the Jewish National Fund, which means he has donated US$1 million or more to the JNF. USAFacts Ballmer launched USAFacts.org in 2017, a non-profit organization whose goal is to allow people to understand US government revenue, spending and societal impact. He is reported to have contributed $10 million to fund teams of researchers who populated the website's database with official data. Personal life In 1990, Ballmer married Connie Snyder; they have three sons. The Ballmers live in Hunts Point, Washington. References External links Corporate biography CS50 Lecture by Steve Ballmer at Harvard University, November 2014 South China Morning Post audio interview Steve Ballmer Playlist Appearance on WMBR's Dinnertime Sampler radio show February 23, 2005 Forbes Profile 1956 births 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century American businesspeople American billionaires American chief operating officers American computer businesspeople American Internet celebrities American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent American people of Swiss descent American technology chief executives Businesspeople from Detroit Businesspeople from Seattle Businesspeople in software Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Detroit Country Day School alumni Directors of Microsoft The Harvard Crimson people Harvard Advocate alumni Jewish American sportspeople Living people Los Angeles Clippers owners Microsoft employees People from Farmington Hills, Michigan People from Hunts Point, Washington Stanford University students 21st-century American Jews