Ballmer's position is very special for a blue chip tech company. It aligns his interests with those of the large index funds which are structured so as to require owning Microsoft stock over the long term.
To put Ballmer's holdings in perspective, $1.00 of share price change is about half a billion dollars in wealth. Or roughly equivalent to the headline grabbing stock options Cook at Apple will see mature in 2016.
To put Ballmer's holdings in perspective, $1.00 of share price change is about half a billion dollars in wealth. Or roughly equivalent to the headline grabbing stock options Cook at Apple will see mature in 2016.