LA Times: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer wins Clippers bidding war for $2 billion

"The Geffen group offered $1.6 billion and the Ressler-Karsh group $1.2 billion. People familiar with both those offers said they were rejected."

Ballmer and Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling concluded a deal late Thursday afternoon. But Bobby Samini, an attorney for Donald Sterling, said as he left the team co-owner's home: "There's been no sale. There can be no sale without Donald's signature." (read more)

Last night's Insta reaction...

I WITHDRAW MY EARLIER SPECULATION THAT DONALD STERLING WAS SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA: Sources: Ballmer agrees to buy Clippers for record $2 billion. In fact, now I wonder if he set the whole thing up. He bought the team for $12 million.

 Crazy like a fox?

In America you can make a billion dollars in one day.

By quitting.

If you start out with the right roommate in college and are not particularly brilliant yourself but are carried along anyway by association, due in part if not in the most part to loyalty of the one who really is brilliant, just straight up loyalty, carried along way beyond your abilities as the company grows despite your presence and in no case due to it, but because you own so much of the company stock it occurs when you finally do quit the entire global organization breathes a sigh of relief and the stock you hold increases in value phenomenally. Because you're gone.

Steve Ballmer quits Microsoft and instantly gets a billion bucks.