Gabe Newell

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Gabe Newell
Age:	44
Affiliation:	Valve Software
Role:	Co-founder
Appearances:	In Steam?

[edit] Valve and Half-Life

Co-founder and public face of Valve. He was born on November 3, 1962. after working 13 years for Microsoft, Newell founded Valve in 1996 with Mike Harrington, another former Microsoft employee. He and Harrington used their money to fund Valve through the development of Half-Life.

When Gabe posted a thread asking for assistance it resulted in halflife2.net's most users ever online statistic. A record which has not yet been beaten.

Gabe's halflife2.net's account

[edit] Personal Life

Gabe is married to Lisa Newell, has two sons and lives on the Long Beach Peninsula. His hobbies include video games and Knife collecting[1].