Mike Harrington

Mike Harrington was the co-founder and programmer of the computer game development company, Valve Software.

Harrington, a former Microsoft employee, founded Valve in 1996 with Gabe Newell, another former Microsoft employee. He and Newell used their money to fund Valve through the development of Half-Life.

On January 15, 2000, Harrington dissolved his partnership with Newell and left Valve to take an extended vacation with his wife, Monica, to sail around the world on his 77-foot boat the MV Meander.