Paul Allen

American industrialist who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates and is one of the wealthiest people in the world with a personal wealth of $12.7 billion as of 2010.

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Above shows the following:

  • Left: Paul Allen
  • Right: Bill Gates

    • Why...

    The true question is, why not? Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft with the Harvard College drop-out, Bill Gates. Let alone Bill Gates being the wealthiest man in the world, Paul Allen is right under him. As stated, "Paul Allen is richer than God, and Bill Gates is richer than Paul.". His success is amazing. Without Paul Allen, Bill Gates would not be where he is today. Thanks to Paul Allen, they were able to get an operating system for computers and mod it, to make billions! Paul Allen also owns the Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers, and the Seattle Sounders FC.

    What Have We Learned?

    The following list is about what I have learned through the video, "Triumph of the Nerds":

  • Allen owns the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association
  • Paul Allen is richer than God himself
  • Helped Bill Gates get where he is today

    • Info on Paul Allen

  • Chairman of Charter Communications
  • Paul Gardner Allen was born in Seattle, Washington
  • Allen convinced Gates to drop out of Harvard University in order to create Microsoft
  • Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form of cancer
  • Contract with IBM was the watershed in Microsoft history that led to Allen and Gates's fabulous wealth
  • Allen officially resigned from his position on the Microsoft board in November 2000
  • Still owns a reported 138 million shares of Microsoft