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American businessman (1953–2018)

This article is about the entrepreneur and philanthropist. For other people of the same name, see Paul Allen (disambiguation).

Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American businessman, computer programmer, researcher, film producer, explorer, sports executive, investor, author, and philanthropist.

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 the 44th-wealthiest person in the world by Forbes with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death in October 2018.^[2][3]

Allen quit from day-to-day work at Microsoft in early 1983 after a Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis, remaining on its board as vice-chairman.

He and his sister, Jody Allen, founded Vulcan Inc. in 1986,^[4] a privately held company that managed his business and philanthropi