Paul Allen facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Paul Allen
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![]() Allen at Flying Heritage Collection in 2013
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Born |
Paul Gardner Allen
January 21, 1953 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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Died | October 15, 2018 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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(aged 65)
Education | Lakeside School, Washington State University (dropped out) |
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Years active | 1975–2018 |
Known for | Co-founder of Microsoft |
Net worth | US$20.3 billion (October 2018) |
Relatives | Jody Allen (sister) |
Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American who created Microsoft with Bill Gates. He was the fifth richest person in the United States. He lived in Mercer Island, Washington.
Allen was also the outright owner of two sports teams, and was part-owner of a third. He fully owned the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL and the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. He was a minority owner of Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.
Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma on October 15, 2018 in Seattle, Washington at the age of 65.
Images for kids
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Allen (left) with Bill Gates at Lakeside School in 1970
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The title page of the assembly language code that produced Altair BASIC, developed by Allen, Gates, and Monte Davidoff, with two early Microsoft business cards showing Gates as president and Allen as vice president
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Allen and Steve Wozniak at the Living Computer Museum in 2017
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Allen's Octopus off the Cayman Islands in 2010
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SpaceShipOne on ramp before Takeoff in October 2004
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(L-R) Marion Blakey, Mike Melvill, Sir Richard Branson, Burt Rutan, Brian Binnie and Allen reflect on a mission accomplished
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SpaceShipOne at the National Air and Space Museum