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Paul Allen Born
Paul Allen was born in Seattle, Washington to parents Kenneth Samuel Allen and Edna Faye Allen. -
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Paul Allen and Bill Gates
Paul Allen went to Lakeside School, a private school, with Bill Gates, who was three years younger. He befriended him because they shared a common interest in computers. They worked on their school's Teletype terminal to develop their programming skills. After earning a perfect score on the (pre-1995) SAT of 1600, Allen went to Washington State University but dropped out after two years to work as a programmer for Honeywell in Boston, where he was near his old friend. -
Paul Allen and Microsoft
Allen con-founded Microsoft with Gates in Albuqueque, New Mexico, in 1975, and began marketing a BASIC programming language interpreter. In 1980, after promising to deliver IBM a Disk OS for the Intel 8088-based IBM PC, Allen managed a deal with Seattle Computer Products to purchase a QDOS written by Tim Patterson. As a result, Microsoft was able to secure a contract to get the DOS that would run on IBM's PC line. This was a watershed that led to Gate and Allen's wealth. -
Hodgkin's Lymphoma and Allen
Paul Allen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1982, and was successfully treated after months of radiation therapy. However, he did not return to Microsoft and formally resigned from his position in November 2000. He still owns a reported 138 million shares in Microsoft. -
Paul Allen and SpaceShipOne Team Awarded
On March 9, 2005, Paul Allen, Burt Rutan, and the SpaceShipOne team were awarded the 2005 National Air and Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement. -
Paul Allen on Time's 100 Most Influential People
In 2007/2008, Paul Allen was listed among the Time's 100 Most Influential People In the World. -
Paul Allen, Philanthropist
In 2010, Paul Allen became a signatory of the Giving Pledge, promising to give at least half of his fortune to charity. Paul Allen has given more than $1.5 billion towards the advancement of science, technology, education, wildlife conservation, the arts and community services in his lifetime.
