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Gabe Logan Newell (; born November 3, 1962) is the co-founder and managing director of video game development and online distribution company Valve Corporation. ==Work== After having dropped out of Harvard University 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". 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.〔 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. 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" 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'." Nevertheless, at E3 in 2010, Newell appeared on stage at Sony's keynote; while acknowledging his past outspoken comments on console development, he discussed the open nature of Sony's PlayStation 3 platform, and announced ''Portal 2'' for the console, remarking that with Steamworks support it would be the best version for any console. Newell has also criticized the Xbox Live service, referring to it as "a train wreck". He was also intensely critical of Microsoft's operating system Windows 8, calling it a "catastrophe" and a threat to the usually open nature of PC gaming. In December 2010, ''Forbes'' named Newell as "A Name You Should Know" mainly for his work on Steam having partnerships with multiple major developers. In March 2012, Forbes estimated the net worth of Newell as $1.5 billion, ranking 854th out of 1,226 global billionaires. In March 2013 Newell received the BAFTA Fellowship Award for his outstanding and exceptional creative contribution to the video games industry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Valve’s Gabe Newell to be Honoured with BAFTA Fellowship )〕 In 2014, Paranautical Activity was mis-labelled on the Steam store as an incomplete game, so the lead developer sent a death threat to Newell on Twitter. In response, the game was removed from store. The developer later apologised and resigned from the company.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Developer Who Threatened Gabe Newell Resigns )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gabe Newell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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