# Valve Corporation founder

entity: /record/valve.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/valve/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-02  

As of November 2, 2026, Valve Corporation's founder on the AsOf record is Gabe Newell, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (tomshardware.com and dicesummit.org). The record holds 2 claims on Valve Corporation's founder, 2 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-02.

- [Valve Corporation](/record/valve.md) | founder | Gabe Newell | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_32345D8C8DF8](/claim/clm_32345D8C8DF8.md)
  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, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193559, https://www.dicesummit.org/dice_speakers/details.asp?idSpeaker=260

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Valve Corporation](/record/valve.md) | founder | Gabe Newell | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_32345D8C8DF8](/claim/clm_32345D8C8DF8.md)
  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, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193559, https://www.dicesummit.org/dice_speakers/details.asp?idSpeaker=260
- [Valve Corporation](/record/valve.md) | founder | Mike Harrington | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | unverified | [clm_EE3674E5C2EE](/claim/clm_EE3674E5C2EE.md)
  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, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193559

## Questions this record answers

### What is Valve Corporation's current founder?

Gabe Newell, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (tomshardware.com and dicesummit.org). The record asserts this claim as of November 2, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


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- JSON: /v1/entities/valve/founder (this fact) · /v1/entities/valve?predicates=founder (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "valve", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/valve/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/valve.md · timeline: /timelines/valve.md

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