Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, computer programmer, researcher, investor, and philanthropist. He was best known for co-founding Microsoft Corporation with childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, later making Microsoft the world's largest personal computer software company. Allen was ranked as the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes in 2018, with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death.
You can find people similar to Paul Allen by visiting our lists Deaths from lymphoma in the United States and Deaths from non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
| Full name at birth | Paul Gardner Allen
|
||
| Claim to fame | Co-founder of Microsoft Chairman of Vulcan Inc., Investor
|
||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1953
|
||
| Place of birth | Seattle, U.S.
|
||
| Date of death | 15 October 2018
|
||
| Age | 65 (age at death)
|
||
| Place of death | Seattle, Washington, U.S.
|
||
| Cause of death | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
|
||
| Occupation | Co-founder of Microsoft Chairman of Vulcan Inc., Investor
|
||
| Occupation category | |||
| Nationality |
PERSONAL DETAILS
| Height |
 height
|
||
| Build | |||
| Hair color | |||
| Eye color | |||
| Gender | |||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Sexuality | |||
| Religion |
religion
|
||
| Zodiac sign | |||
| Distinctive feature |
distinctive feature
|
||
| Pets |
pets
|
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
| Net worth | $20,000,000,000 USD
|
||
| High school |
high school
|
||
| University |
university
|
||
| Talent agency |
talent agency
|
||
| Political affiliation |
political affiliation
|
||
| Political party |
political party
|
- Allen was ranked as the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes in 2018, with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death.
More...
This page is the FamousFix profile for Paul Allen. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. We welcome your contributions... so please create an account if you would like to collaborate with other editor's in helping to shape this website.
On the Paul Allen page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics.