Paul Allen | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-10-04

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen


00:02:17 1 Early life
00:03:51 2 Microsoft
00:06:33 3 Business and investments
00:06:43 3.1 Financial and technology
00:09:12 3.2 Aerospace
00:12:11 3.3 Real estate
00:13:39 3.4 Venues
00:14:43 3.5 Sports team ownership
00:14:53 3.5.1 Portland Trail Blazers
00:15:55 3.5.2 Seattle Seahawks
00:16:59 3.5.3 Seattle Sounders FC
00:17:37 3.6 Filmmaking
00:19:55 4 Philanthropy
00:20:59 4.1 Science and research
00:24:04 4.2 Environment and conservation
00:27:04 4.3 Ebola
00:28:29 4.4 Exploration
00:29:55 4.5 The arts
00:32:26 4.6 Education
00:34:23 5 Personal life
00:34:54 5.1 Music
00:36:04 5.2 Yachting
00:37:44 6 Death
00:39:02 7 Awards and recognition
00:42:37 7.1 Honorary degrees
00:43:19 8 iIdea Man/i
00:44:26 9 See also



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Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, investor, researcher, humanitarian, and philanthropist. He is best known for being one of the co-founders of Microsoft alongside Bill Gates in 1975, which would help spark the microcomputer revolution and later became the world's largest PC software company.  In March 2018, Allen was estimated to be the 44th-wealthiest person in the world according to the Forbes annual list of the world's billionaires, with an estimated net worth of $21.7 billion, revised at the time of his death to $20.3 billion.Allen was the founder, with his sister Jody Allen, and Chairman of Vulcan Inc., the privately held company that managed his various business and philanthropic efforts. He had a multibillion-dollar investment portfolio including technology and media companies, scientific research, real estate holdings, private spaceflight ventures, and stakes in other sectors. He owned two professional sports teams: the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and was part-owner of the Seattle Sounders FC, which joined Major League Soccer in 2009.Allen was the founder of the Allen Institute for Brain Science, Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Institute for Cell Science, Stratolaunch Systems, and Apex Learning. He gave more than $2 billion to causes such as education, wildlife and environmental conservation, the arts, healthcare, community services, and more. He received numerous awards and honors in several different professions, and was listed among the Time 100 Most Influential People in the World in both 2007 and 2008.On October 3, 2019, Allen was posthumously inducted into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor.