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Paul Allen

1953 - 2018

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Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) 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 person in American history by Forbes with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death in October 2018. Allen quit from day-to-day work at Microsoft in early 1983 after a Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis, remaining on its board as vice-chairman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Allen is the 103rd most popular businessperson (down from 92nd in 2019), the 1,185th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,024th in 2019) and the 44th most popular American Businessperson.

Paul Allen is most famous for co-founding Microsoft with Bill Gates.

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Among businesspeople, Paul Allen ranks 103 out of 847. Before him are Chris Gardner, Benjamin Guggenheim, Louis Vuitton, Piero Ferrari, Kris Jenner, and Mark Zuckerberg. After him are Colonel Tom Parker, Adnan Khashoggi, Joan Laporta, Helena Rubinstein, Mercédès Jellinek, and Jack Ma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Paul Allen ranks 43. Before him are Peter Stormare, Paulo Roberto Falcão, Carlos Queiroz, Guy Verhofstadt, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, and Jean-Marie Pfaff. After him are Malcolm Young, Jim Jarmusch, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Mohammed Waheed Hassan, James Horner, and Kitarō. Among people deceased in 2018, Paul Allen ranks 50. Before him are Sondra Locke, Arto Paasilinna, V. S. Naipaul, Leon M. Lederman, Charles K. Kao, and Bernard Lewis. After him are Jamal Khashoggi, Jin Yong, Gudrun Burwitz, Robert Venturi, R. Lee Ermey, and Shoko Asahara.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Allen ranks 1,185 out of 20,380. Before him are John J. Pershing (1860), Florence Foster Jenkins (1868), Ray Manzarek (1939), Ginger Rogers (1911), John Brown (1800), and Tony Bennett (1926). After him are Tina Fey (1970), James Tobin (1918), Lynn Margulis (1938), Vivian Maier (1926), Herbie Hancock (1940), and Jayne Mansfield (1933).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Paul Allen ranks 44. Before him are Charles Koch (1935), Jesse Livermore (1877), Chris Gardner (1954), Benjamin Guggenheim (1865), Kris Jenner (1955), and Mark Zuckerberg (1984). After him are Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Charlie Munger (1924), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Ronald Wayne (1934), Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861), and Gordon Moore (1929).

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