Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer asked Zuckerberg, “Can I buy Facebook.” Zuckerberg said no

When years ago, it wasn’t that big and Steve Ballmer, the then CEO of Microsoft, made a buyout offer to Mark Zuckerberg. He wanted to purchase Facebook when it was an “itsy-bitsy”. Ballmer recalled the story on CNBC’s Squawk Box.

Mark Zuckerberg turned down Ballmer’s $24 billion offer for Facebook to become a Microsoft company. And it appears he made the right decision.

“I respect that,” Ballmer told CNBC. “You have to have a willing seller.”