Ticketmaster
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Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC is an American ticket sales and distribution company based in Beverly Hills, California, with operations in many countries around the world. In 2010, it merged with eve
A Ticketmaster paper ticket
Market share of ticketing companies
Paul Allen
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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
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…into publishing and set up a travel agency and acquired rival Ticketron in 1991, making it the market leader. In November 1993, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen acquired an 80% stake for more than $325 million. In 1998, USA Networks Inc., later named InterActiveCorp (IAC), purchased a majority stake in Ticketmaster…
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