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Paul Allen was born on January 21 1953. In Seattle Washington.
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Paul Allen graduated from high school in 1971 and entered Washington State University.
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Paul Allen and Bill Gates found Microsoft on April 4th 1975 in Albuquerque New Mexico, (Initially Micro Soft). Paul Allen and Bill Gates's made one of the World's Most Valuable companies. Paul Allen and Bill Gates contributed by making Microsoft as one of the world's largest software maker measured by revenues. Paul Allen being the Co-Founder of Microsoft also known as being the Idea-Man
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In 1982, Allen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, a form of cancer.
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Paul Allen was forced to leave Microsoft due to his diease, but then rerturns 22 months later.
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Paul Allen found Asymetrix in 1984. It was a software development, based on Washinton to make applications development tools that non programmerscan use.
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In August of 1988 Paul Allen bought the NBA team: Portland Trailblazers
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Paul Allen started Starwave. Starwave's most lasting mark was in the area of Web content sites. They developed ESPN.com, ABCNEWS.com, Outside Online, and Mr. Showbiz.com among other groundbreaking sites, setting the standard for much of the commercial Internet explosion of the late 1990s
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Paul resigned from the Microsoft Board of Directors in 2000, but remained with the organization as a senior strategy advisor. Paul Allen is known for in 2007 and 2008, Allen was listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People in The World. If it wasn't for Paul Allen some people wouldn't be using Microsoft Software. If it wasn't for creating Microsoft, Paul Allen wouldn't have been one of the richest men in the world.
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In March of 2012, Paul Allen became the 48th Richest person in the world.
