Microsoft Co-founder- Paul Allen
                     
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Microsoft Co-founder 
– Paul Allen

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• Paul Gardner Allen born on 21 Jan 1953 and died 
on 15 October 2018.

• He was the Co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates 
in 1975.

• He was the 46th richest person in the world.
• His net worth was $20.3 billion. 

Highlights


Other Occupations
• Co-founder of Microsoft.
• Chairman and founder of Vulcan Inc.
• Owner of Seattle Seahawks and Portland 

Trail Blazers.
• Founder of Allen Institute for brain Science, 

Allen Institute for cell Science and Allen 
Institute for Artificial Intelligence.

• Co-founder of Mojave Aerospace Ventures.


Owned Team
• Allen owned two professional sports team.
• One was Seattle Seahawks of National 

Football League.
• Second was Portland Trail Blazers of National 

Basketball Association.


Education
• He did his Schooling from Lakeside School, 

Bill gates and Allen did schooling from same 
school.

• With the help of Teletype terminal they 
developed their programing skills.

• They also used Laboratory of University of 
Washington.

• Allen went to Washington State University.


Microsoft
• Allen connived bill gates for Microsoft and 

Microsoft name given by Allen.
• They started their career by marketing of 

Interpreter which coded in BASIC language.
• Microsoft started deliver DOS to IBM for its 

IBM PC, Because of this contract Microsoft 
get success.

• Allen left Microsoft in 1982.


Awards 
• Allen received many awards in his life.
• He received National Air and Space Museum 

Trophy on 9 March,2005.
• He also received Vanguard Award on 20 

May,2008.
• He won Vince Lombardi Trophy on 2 

February,2014.
• He received Lifetime Achievement Award.


Degrees
• Doctorate degree in Philosophy from Nelson 

Mandela Metropolitan University.
• Doctorate degree in Science from Watson 

School of Biological Sciences.


Books

• A book named “Ideal Man: A Memoir by the 
Cofounder of Microsoft” is based on Allen.

• Book published by Portfolio, a Penguin 
Group.


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