Microsoft's former CEO Steve Ballmer, who spent 34 years in the company, was reportedly binged on the TV series 'The Good Wife' and watched 100 episodes in just two weeks after leaving the company.
In the meantime, he decided to buy the LA Clippers basketball team
After settling to the decision of buying the basketball team, he was in doubts that he would be able to get the team as his opponent in the bid was Oprah Winfrey, The Verge reported.
However, he came out as the 'favorite' man for the deal and Donald Sterling's wife Shelly said that she would have considered a lower bid to get him as the owner.
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