Paul Allen

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Paul Allen

Agenda

• Biography• The Beginning• Technology• Museums• Aerospace• Creations • Business

• Science• Sport• Photos• Flying Heritage

Collection• Awards • Timeline of Events• Bibliography

Biography

• January 21, 1953• Seattle, Usa• Lakeside School, Washington State

University• Dropped out of school• Wanted to work with software

• Paul Allen and Bill Gates• Computer enthusiasts• Writing software for computers• Both drop from school• Greatest achievement, the creation of

Microsoft, 1975

The Beginning

Technology

• Advance in software and hardware design• Digeo, channels that deliver on-demand subjects

in the computer• FlipStart, laptop with a great technological

advance • Project Halo

Museums

• Seattle's Science Fiction Museum • Hall of Fame (SFM)• Microcomputer Gallery

Aerospace

• SpaceShipOne • Paul Allen sponsored the development• SpaceShipOne won the Ansari X-Prize in

2004.

Creations

• Cinerama, saved it and open one• Drum Core, a program which is a tool for drummers• Hospital, Paul Allen reopened It in the 2002• Grown Men, a band which he played in

Business

• Microsoft• Real Estate, a big area that offers a lot of

things• Charter Communications, acquired by Paul

Allen in 1998 • Oxygen Media is a 24-hour cable television

network • DreamWorks, financial backing of Paul Allen

Science

• Allen Institute for Brain Science founded in 2002

• Paul donated $100 million to establish it • Allen Brain Atlas was the first project

Sport

• Portland Trail Blazers • Seattle Seahawks • Rose Garden Arena• The Sporting News

Photos

Flying Heritage Collection

• In 1998, Paul G. Allen began acquiring and preserving many airplanes

• They were flying warriors and workhorses• Many are the last of their kind • Allen's passion motivated him to restore

these artifacts and share them with the public• It is the most important

Awards

• Awarded Life-Time Achievement Award by PC Magazine.

• Inducted into the Computer Museum Hall of Fame.

Timeline of Events

1953, he was born

1967, Lakeside School

1971, Washington State University

1975, Allen and Gates found Microsoft

1893, leaves Microsoft, gets Hodgkin’s disease

1984, founds Asymetrix

1986, Vulcan Ventures

1992, stars Starwave

1998, buys Marcus Cable

2000, senior strategy adviser

2003, Allen Institute of Brian Science

2004, fifth richest person

Bibliography• World Book. 1917. World Book, Inc. Oct. 11, 2006.

< http://www.worldbook.com/wb/About>.• Paul Allen. 2006. Vulcan Inc. Oct. 11, 2006.

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• Paul Allen. Computer Base Training. Oct. 12, 2006

http://www.thocp.net/biographies/allen_paul.htm.• Dibbs M. John. Flying Heritage Collection. 2006.

Flying Heritage Collection Inc. http://www.flyingheritage.com/TemplateTopImages.aspx?contentId=26.