# clm_32345D8C8DF8

subject: Valve Corporation (/record/valve.md)  
predicate: founder  
value: Gabe Newell  
valid_from: undated  
valid_to: null  
published: 2026-08-24  
recorded: 2026-11-01  
confidence: 0.80  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-02  
checked: 2026-11-01 · its source page states the value and the date  

> Gabe Newell is the President and co-founder of Valve Corporation, an entertainment software and technology company based in Bellevue, Washington.

What https://www.dicesummit.org/dice_speakers/details.asp?idSpeaker=260 says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-was-founded-30-years-ago-today-changed-pc-gaming-forever-with-half-life-then-steam (secondary, tomshardware.com, published 2026-08-24)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193559 (secondary, Wikidata)
- https://www.dicesummit.org/dice_speakers/details.asp?idSpeaker=260 (secondary, dicesummit.org)

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