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He is best known for co-founding Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Allen was ranked as the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death in October 2018. [2] [3]
May 3, 2024 · Paul Allen, American investor and philanthropist best known as the cofounder (with Bill Gates) of Microsoft Corporation, a leading developer of personal-computer software systems and applications. Learn more about Allen’s life and career, including his acquisition of various sports teams.
Paul Allen lived a life motivated by a love of ideas and the urge to put them into motion. His philanthropic contributions of more than $2.65 billion during his life have helped save endangered species, deepened our understanding of bioscience, shared art and music, developed new technologies, tackled epidemics, and explored the ocean floor.
Apr 2, 2014 · Entrepreneur and investor Paul Allen was best known for being one of the co-founders of Microsoft with Bill Gates. Updated: Apr 1, 2021. Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage. (1953-2018) Who...
Oct 15, 2018 · Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft, has died aged 65 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He had revealed the disease's return only two weeks ago, after previously...
Oct 16, 2018 · Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died aged 65 from "cancer complications", his family said. The billionaire was suffering from non-Hodgkin lymphoma and died in Seattle on Monday afternoon.
Paul Allen will be forever remembered as the co-founder of Microsoft. And he would be okay with that. After all, he was proud of what the company accomplished and the role it played making technology more accessible and useful to people everywhere.
Oct 15, 2018 · Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, died Monday. He was an investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist who influenced many aspects of modern life — from technology and science to...
Oct 16, 2018 · Allen was Microsoft's executive vice president of research and new product development until 1983. He left when he was 30, after cancer diagnosis and following a...
Fueled by his faith in science and technology, Paul jumped in with both feet to question norms, identify gaps, and look beyond traditional ways of doing things. He created multiple research institutes to unlock disease and bioscience research and leverage AI for good.
