Paul Allen was born in 1953 in Seattle, Washington. He attended Lakeside Primary School and briefly attended Washington State University before dropping out to co-found Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975. Some of Allen's major achievements include founding Asymetrix in 1984, Vulcan Ventures in 1986, and Starwave in 1992. As of 2004, Allen was ranked the 5th richest person in the world and worth an estimated $21 billion, $5 billion of which was in Microsoft stock. He is also the owner of the Portland Trail Blazers NBA team.

1. GREAT LEADER TALK
NITHA.V.K
06/07-2011

2. PAUL ALLEN

3. EDUCATION
 1953
Born on January 21, Seattle, USA
 1967
At Lakeside Primary School
 1971
Washington State University, leaves the university
a few years later to pursue other goals.

4. ACHIEVEMENTS
 1975
Allen and Gates found Microsoft (initially "Micro
Soft") in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
 1984/5
Founds Asymetrix.
 1986
Vulcan Ventures is founded by Paul Allen to manage
his investments.
 1992
Allen started Starwave, a producer of online content
sites

5. CONTINUOUS………..
 1998
April Allen buys Marcus Cable, his largest
investment so far
 2000
On September 28, Paul Allen is assuming a new role
as senior strategy adviser at Microsoft Corp.
 2003
In September Allen founded the Allen Institute of
Brain Science

6. CONTINUOUS………..
 2004
As of this year he is ranked by Forbes magazine as
the fifth richest, worth an estimated $21 billion, $5
billion of which is in Microsoft stock.
 Currently Allen is the owner of the Portland Trail
Blazers

7. Honours and awards
 Awarded Life-Time Achievement Award by PC
Magazine.
 Inducted into the Computer Museum Hall of Fame.

8.  Allen and Gates found Microsoft Albuquerque, New
Mexico, and begin selling a BASIC interpreter. Allen
spearheads a deal for Microsoft to buy an operating
system called QDOS for $50,000. Microsoft wins a
contract to supply it to for use as the operating
system of IBM's new PC. This becomes the
foundation for Microsoft's remarkable growth.
 Allen was forced to resign from Microsoft in 1983
after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease which
was successfully treated by several months of
radiation therapy.

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