Steve Ballmer's Missed Call: $1000 Investment Then Worth $289,000 To Apple Investors Today — Why Ex-Microsoft CEO Once Admitted 'Religious Transformation' Came Too Late

Former Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer once admitted that his biggest regret as chief executive was not jumping into smartphones early—an oversight that allowed Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. (OTC:SSNLF) to dominate a market Microsoft was late to…