Steve Ballmer quit being Microsoft CEO last year, and now he's stepping down from the company's board of directors.
In a public letter to Satya Nadella, who replaced him as CEO, Ballmer announced he's shifting his focus to run the Los Angeles Clippers, the basketball team he just bought for $2 billion.
"I bleed Microsoft — have for 34 years and I always will," Ballmer wrote. But he cited the coming fall NBA season, civic contribution and teaching as keeping him from fully serving on the company's board.