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Paul Allen Dead at 65

posted by takyon on Tuesday October 16 2018, @06:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the preserve-his-brain dept.

black6host writes:

Paul Allen has died at age 65:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/15/paul-allen-co-founder-microsoft-dies

Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates, has died. He was 65.

Allen's company Vulcan said in a statement that he died Monday. Earlier this month Allen said the cancer he was treated for in 2009, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, had returned.

Allen, who was an avid sports fan, owned the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks.

Of course the article has more information. There was more to Paul Allen that just mentioned above. Bound to hit multiple sources with different takes so be on the lookout for something from a source you like.

takyon: Allen Institute bio and Vulcan Inc. statement.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Tuesday October 16 2018, @08:35AM

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Tuesday October 16 2018, @08:35AM (#749441) Journal

    Allen has probably left behind a much greater legacy than Woz with his philanthrophy and science/AI institutes.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen#Science_and_research [wikipedia.org]
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Institute_for_Brain_Science [wikipedia.org]

    It will be interesting to see whether these institutes get another huge cash infusion from his estate. He never married or had children.

    Oh, and:

    At the time of his death, he was estimated to be the 46th-richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion, comprising of 100 million Microsoft shares.

    Looks like a 1.3% stake in Microsoft could be up for sale.

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