Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen, Dead at 65
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Microsoft Co-Founder
Paul Allen, Dead at 65 The billionaire investor died
from from complications
of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Earlier this month, he
revealed that he had started
treatment to fight the disease. He overcame the same
type of cancer nine years ago. Allen set up Microsoft
with Bill Gates in 1975. He came up with the
original name, Micro-soft. Instrumental in the early
success of the company, In August of this year, it was
reported that he had a
net worth of $20.2 billion. Through the Paul G.
Allen Family Foundation, In the past decade, Allen was the owner of the
NBA's Portland Trailblazers and
NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, via CNBC
Paul Allen, Dead at 65 The billionaire investor died
from from complications
of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Earlier this month, he
revealed that he had started
treatment to fight the disease. He overcame the same
type of cancer nine years ago. Allen set up Microsoft
with Bill Gates in 1975. He came up with the
original name, Micro-soft. Instrumental in the early
success of the company, In August of this year, it was
reported that he had a
net worth of $20.2 billion. Through the Paul G.
Allen Family Foundation, In the past decade, Allen was the owner of the
NBA's Portland Trailblazers and
NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, via CNBC