Paul Allen
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Paul G. Allen at Flying Heritage Collection, April 2013
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Paul Gardner Allen January 21, 1953 Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Residence | Mercer Island, Washington, U.S. |
| Education | Lakeside School |
| Alma mater | Washington State University (dropped out) |
| Occupation | Chairman and Founder Vulcan Inc. Owner Seattle Seahawks and Portland Trail Blazers Part-owner Seattle Sounders Founder Allen Institute for Brain Science Founder Allen Institute for Cell Science Founder Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Co-founder Microsoft |
| Years active | 1975-present |
| Known for | Microsoft |
| Net worth | US$18.6 billion (August 2016) |
| Parent(s) | Kenneth Sam Allen Edna Faye Allen |
| Relatives | Jody Allen (sister) |
| Website | paulallen |
Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, alongside Bill Gates. As of August 2016, he was estimated to be the 40th richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $18.6 billion.
Allen is the founder and Chairman of Vulcan Inc., which manages his various business and philanthropic efforts. Allen also has a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio including technology and media companies, real estate holdings, and stakes in other companies. He owns two professional sports teams: the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association. He is also part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC, which in 2009, joined Major League Soccer.
He is also the founder of Allen Institute for Brain Science,Institute for Artificial Intelligence,Institute for Cell Science, and Vulcan Aerospace.
Paul Allen was born on January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington to Kenneth Sam Allen and Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen. Allen attended Lakeside School, a private school in Seattle, where he befriended Bill Gates, three years younger, with whom he shared an enthusiasm for computers. They used Lakeside's Teletype terminal to develop their programming skills on several time-sharing computer systems. After graduation, Allen went to Washington State University, where he joined Phi Kappa Theta fraternity, but dropped out after two years in order to work as a programmer for Honeywell in Boston, near where Bill Gates had ended up as well. Allen later convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard University in order to create Microsoft. Gates explained his official status with Harvard that, "...if things [Microsoft] hadn't worked out, I could always go back to school. I was officially on [a] leave [of absence]."
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