Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate , computer programmer, researcher, investor, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft Corporation with childhood friend Bill Gates in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Microsoft became the world's largest personal computer software company. [1] 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. - PAUL GARDNER ALLEN - Allen at the Flying Heritage Collection in 2013 Born January 21, 1953 Seattle , Washington , U.S. Died October 15, 2018 (aged 65) Seattle, Washington, U.S. Education Washington State University (dropped out) Occupations Investor entrepreneur philanthropist Years active 1...
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.