Gabe Logan Newell (born November 3, 1962) is an American businessman. He is the co-founder and president of video game development and online distribution company Valve Corporation. He co-founded Valve with fellow Microsoft employee Mike Harrington. He is also known for founding online video gaming distributor Steam.
Newell was born in Colorado. He is married to Lisa Newell (née Mennet) and has two children. He is a financial supporter of the Democratic Party. He suffered from Fuchs' dystrophy, a congenital disease which affects the cornea, but was cured by two cornea transplants in 2006 and 2007.
Newell disliked Windows 8, calling it a "catastrophe" and a "threat to PC gaming".
Newell's networth is $5.5 billion United States dollars.
Newell attended Harvard University in 1980, but dropped out 3 years later to work at Microsoft.