Paul Allen

Born

January 21, 1953

Died

October 15, 2018 (aged 65)

Known as

inventor, computer scientist, film producer, musician, entrepreneur, businessperson

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 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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