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Paul Allen

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started Microsoft with Bill Gates. He is founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., the company that oversees his business and philanthropic activities.

Allen started Microsoft with Gates, a childhood friend, in Albuquerque in 1975. He was the company's chief technologist until he left in 1983.

Since then, Allen has become one of the nation's leading philanthropists and continues the search for knowledge that led to the creation of Microsoft. Allen's multibillion dollar investment portfolio includes a major real estate redevelopment in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood and holdings in dozens of technology, media and other companies.

He also owns the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National...more


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Idea Man
3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 294 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions
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May 2011, Paul Allen
"The Microsoft cofounder turned billionaire reveals his early years with Bill Gates and shares the trailblazing projects that are now his life's work in his memoir, Idea Man." ...More

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“Here's what the death knell for the personal computer will sound like: Mainly I use my phone/paid, but I still use my PC to write long e-mails and documents. Most people aren't there yet, but that's where we're headed”
Paul Allen, Idea Man

“In a company where tech decisions were still ultracentralized, the repercussions of a distracted CEO had to be damaging.”
Paul Allen, Idea Man

“For the most part, the best opportunities now lie where your competitors have yet to establish themselves, not where they're already entrenched. Microsoft is struggling to adapt to that new reality.”
Paul Allen, Idea Man

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