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Paul Gardner Allen 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 microcomp
Allen at the Flying Heritage Collection in 2013
Allen (left) with Bill Gates at Lakeside School in 1970
The title page of the assembly language code that produced Altair BASIC, developed by Allen, Gates, and Monte Davidoff, with two early Microsoft business cards showing Gates as president and Allen as vice president
SpaceShipOne on ramp before takeoff in October 2004
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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windo
Paul Allen
…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…
Microsoft campus, the company's headquarters, in Redmond, Washington
An Altair 8800 computer (left) with the popular Model 33 ASR Teletype as terminal, paper tape reader, and paper tape punch
Paul Allen and Bill Gates on October 19, 1981, after signing a pivotal contract with IBM
Bill Gates and Paul Allen's Original Business Cards located in the Microsoft Visitor Center