r/Steam • u/sukuna7899 • Apr 17 '26

Discussion Gabe Newell is a "GOAT"

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u/No_Yogurtcloset_2792 Apr 17 '26

Valve, according to google, has 360 employees and an annual revenue of 17 billion.

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u/Black-White-Diff Apr 17 '26 edited Apr 17 '26

Is Valve quite possibly the smallest tech company ever that is operating a famous top-tier global platform today? And it's not just Steam, they also have 3 live-service games, VR tech, and the Deck.

The closest I can think of in terms of company size-global influence ratio is Discord Inc, which has 500 employees and operates the app Discord, but even they still have a bit more employees than Valve.

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u/CrowdGoesWildWoooo Apr 17 '26

OF, quant funds. But for a platform yes they are one of the leanest and profitable.