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Gates would not have been able to succeed at Microsoft without his partnerships and talented people. He confirmed that in a talk much later in life, when he said that the single best business decision he had ever made was going into business with Paul Allen in 1975, followed by hiring his Harvard friend Steve Ballmer. Gates and Ballmer—who joined the company in 1980—pushed Allen out of the firm by early 1983: "In my case, I'd have to say my best business decisions have had to do with picking people. Deciding to go into business with Paul Allen is probably at the top of the list, and subsequently, hiring a friend—Steve Ballmer—who has been my primary business partner ever since."① On Gates's and Allen