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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Paul_AllenPaul Allen - Wikipedia

    In 2017, Allen donated $40 million (with an additional $10 million from Microsoft) to reorganize the University of Washington's Computer Science and Engineering department into the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering.

  3. www.cnn.com › 2018/10/17 › techMicrosoft made Paul Allen but it was only the start of his ...

    Oct 17, 2018 · For the last 35 years of his life, Paul Allen lived unapologetically large. But he was still best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, the company he started with Bill Gates.

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  4. www.windowscentral.com › 10-things-you-didnt-know10 things you didn't know about Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen

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    • Paul Allen left Microsoft in 1983, just eight years after founding the company with Gates in 1975. But he didn't leave because of any specific business reasons, at least that we know of and at least not officially.
    • Allen met Gates when they were just young adolescents (14 and 12, respectively), while they were both students at Lakeside School in Seattle, Wash., according to Biography.com.
    • Allen was a Washington State University (WSU) dropout. He only attended the school for two years, but he would later donate $26 million to build the Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health at WSU.
    • Paul Allen was No. 22 on Forbes's Wealthiest Americans of 2017 list, with a net worth of around $21 billion dollars. And that number is on the rise, according to Forbes.

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  6. www.britannica.com › money › Paul-AllenPaul Allen | Biography, Seahawks, Death, & Facts | Britannica ...

    Sep 12, 2024 · Why did Paul Allen leave Microsoft? Paul Allen served as Microsoft’s chief technologist until he resigned from the company in 1983 after being diagnosed with Hodgkin disease. He remained on the board of directors, however.

  7. www.oregonlive.com › business › 2019What happened to Paul Allen’s billions, a year after his ...

    Nov 28, 2019 · The Seattle Times. SEATTLE — Paul Allen intended to give away the majority of the $20 billion-plus fortune he accumulated as Microsoft co-founder, technology investor, real estate magnate and...

  8. www.wired.com › story › paul-allen-microsoft-obituaryThe remarkable and continuing legacy of Microsoft's Paul Allen

    Oct 16, 2018 · Suddenly Microsoft found itself at the heart of the fledgling personal computer industry. Allen was Microsoft's executive vice president of research and new product development until...

  9. nymag.com › intelligencer › 2018Paul Allen Turned Microsoft Into a Colossus - New York Magazine

    Oct 16, 2018 · So Allen left Microsoft in 1983, but retained his stake in the company. When Microsoft went public in 1986, he became a billionaire.