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Paul Allen

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Paul Allen

1953–2018

American businessman (1953–2018)

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Paul Gardner Allen was an American businessman, computer programmer, and investor. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation with his childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which was followed by the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Allen discovered the wrecks of various famous warships, like the IJN Musashi and USS Indianapolis, and was ranked as one of the richest people in American history by Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death in October 2018.

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1953
Birth

American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft

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1975
Event

Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico

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1975
Event

Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

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