Gabe Newell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gabe Newell

American computer programmer and businessman

Date of Birth: 03-Nov-1962

Place of Birth: Colorado, United States

Profession: computer scientist, entrepreneur, game designer, programmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Gabe Logan Newell (born (1962-11-03)November 3, 1962), commonly known by his nickname Gaben (), is an American computer programmer and businessman best known as the co-founder of the video game development and digital distribution company Valve.
Born in Colorado, he attended Harvard University in the early 1980s, but dropped out and worked for Microsoft, where he worked as a producer for some of the early Windows operating systems. While still working at the company during the mid-1990s, Newell and his co-worker Mike Harrington became convinced that video games were the future of entertainment after playing id Software's Doom and Quake.
Intrigued by the prospect of having their own game development studio, Newell and Harrington left Microsoft in 1996 to found Valve, where Newell remains president.