Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer shared his journey of emotionally detaching from the company following his departure in 2014. Acknowledging the challenge, he revealed it took him nearly a year to let go of the company he considered 'my baby.' Despite initially trying to stay involved as an investor, he recognized his emotional attachment was unhealthy. With the encouragement of a former colleague, Ballmer chose not to sell all his Microsoft stocks, finding balance instead through philanthropy and a more detached perspective on his past role.
"It was my baby," said Balmer, who replaced cofounder Bill Gates as CEO in 2000 and led the company until 2014.
"I was too emotionally attached," he said. "You can't control anything anymore, so it's hard. You don't want to stay quite that emotionally attached..."
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