Paul Allen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Allen
Occupation	Entrepreneur
Date Of Birth	Jan 21, 1953(1953-01-21)
Age	71
Date Of Death	October 15, 2018, Seattle, WA
Birthplace	Seattle
Country	United States
Birth City	Washington State
Horoscope	Aquarius

Paul Allen Biography

Paul Allen is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington State, United States. American investor and philanthropist who co-founded Microsoft. He owned both the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trailblazers.

He co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates.

Allen was born on January 21, 1953, in Seattle, Washington, to Kenneth Sam Allen and Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen. He attended Lakeside School, a private school in Seattle where he befriended Bill Gates, with whom he shared an enthusiasm for computers, and they used Lakeside’s Teletype terminal to develop their programming skills on several time-sharing computer systems. They also used the laboratory of the Computer Science Department of the University of Washington, doing personal research and computer programming; they were banned from the laboratory in 1971 for abuse of their privileges there.

Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, researcher, investor, and philanthropist. He was best known for co-founding Microsoft Corporation with childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, later making Microsoft the world’s largest personal computer software company. Allen was ranked as the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes in 2018, with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death.

His father Kenneth Samuel Allen was associate director of the University of Washington libraries. His sister Jody was also a businesswoman. He passed away from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Paul Allen Net Worth

Paul Allen is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Allen 's net worth $20 Billion. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He lasted two years at Washington State University, where he was involved in the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity.

He also founded Vulcan Inc and is part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC.

Allen attained a perfect SAT score of 1600 and went to Washington State University, where he joined the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity. He dropped out of college after two years to work as a programmer for Honeywell in Boston near Harvard University where Gates was enrolled. Allen convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard in order to create Microsoft.

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Who is Paul Allen Dating?

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The relationship became less close between Allen and Gates as they argued even over small things. Allen effectively left Microsoft in 1982 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma, though he remained on the board of directors as vice chairman. Gates reportedly asked Allen to give him some of his shares to compensate for the higher amount of work that Gates was doing. According to Allen, Gates said that he “did almost everything on BASIC” and the company should be split 60–40 in his favor. Allen agreed to this arrangement, which Gates later renegotiated to 64–36. In 1983, Gates tried to buy Allen out at $5 per share, but Allen refused and left the company with his shares intact; this made him a billionaire when Microsoft went public. Gates later repaired his relationship with Allen, and the two men donated $2.2 million to their childhood school Lakeside in 1986. They retained a friendship for the rest of Allen’s life.

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Paul Allen celebrates birthday on January 21 of every year.

In 1989, Allen donated $2 million to the University of Washington to construct the Allen Library, which was named after his father Kenneth S. Allen, a former associate director of the University of Washington library system. In the same year, Allen donated an additional $8 million to establish the Kenneth S. Allen Library Endowment. In 2012, the endowment was renamed the Kenneth S. and Faye G. Allen Library Endowment after Allen’s mother (a noted bibliophile) died.

Who got Paul Allen's money?

He owned it until he died in 2018 at age 65, and it is now part of his estate, which is managed by his sister.

Is Paul Allen a billionaire?

Paul Allen
Years active| 1972–2018
Known for| Co-founder of Microsoft

Are Bill Gates and Paul Allen still friends?

Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen, but as the years progressed their friendship deteriorated, only rekindling in Allen’s final days. Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft with Paul Allen, but as the years progressed their friendship deteriorated, only rekindling in Allen’s final days.

How much did Paul Allen pay for the Trail Blazers?

Allen was 35 years old in 1988 when he bought the Blazers for $70 million. He kept the Seahawks from moving to California in 1997 when he bought the NFL franchise for $194 million. Knight, 84, has a net worth of about $50 billion.

Did Paul Allen have a will?

Allen’s will gives most of his estate to a living trust he established in 1993 , with Jody Allen as trustee. Its provisions would spell out any specific philanthropic plans Allen made and could also potentially create additional trusts, direct any distributions to individuals and handle taxation.