About
Legendary video game developer, visionary entrepreneur, and co-founder and president of Valve Corporation. Revered across global gaming culture as Gaben, he oversaw the creation of revolutionary franchises Half-Life, Portal, and Counter-Strike, as well as digital distribution platform Steam.
Before Fame
Attended Harvard University before dropping out to work at Microsoft, where he spent thirteen years as a producer on the first three releases of the Windows operating system.
Trivia
Inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame in 2013 and received the prestigious BAFTA Fellowship for his monumental contributions to the video game industry.
Family Life
Born in Colorado and raised in Davis, California. Married Lisa Mennet in 1996 and has two sons.
Associated With
Worked closely with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates during his early career before founding Valve alongside former Microsoft colleague Mike Harrington.
