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ABOUT PAUL ALLEN
American business magnate, investor, real estate developer and
philanthropist, Paul Gardner Allen has a net worth of $17.5 billion as of
March 2015, according to Forbes. Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill
Gates. He is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which manages
his business and philanthropic efforts. Allen also has a multi-billion
dollar investment portfolio which includes technology companies
such as Evri and Gist, real estate holdings, and stakes in other
technology, media, and content companies.
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The best museums and museum exhibits about
science or technology give you the feeling
that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could
do something here, too.
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You've got to enjoy time with your family and
friends, and if you're involved in sports
franchises, those peak moments in playoff
games. You have to enjoy life.
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You look at things you enjoy in your life, but
much more important is what you can do to
make the world a better place.
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I'm a very private person that prefers a low
profile.
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What should exist? To me, that's the most
exciting question imaginable. What do we
need that we don't have? How can we realize
our potential?
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When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in
doing it for the media attention. My goal is to
support the organizations that need help.
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Technology is notorious for engrossing people
so much that they don't always focus on
balance and enjoy life at the same time.
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I am very excited to be supporting one of the
world's most visionary efforts to seek basic
answers to some of the fundamental question
about our universe and what other civilisations
may exist elsewhere.
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In my own work, I've tried to anticipate what's
coming over the horizon, to hasten its arrival,
and to apply it to people's lives in a
meaningful way.
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As a species, we've always been discoverers
and adventurers, and space and the deep
ocean are some of the last frontiers.
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While I sign off on trades or free agents, I've
rarely overruled my basketball people's
decisions. But I'm not shy about steering the
discussion or pushing deeper if something
doesn't make sense to me.
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That would be such a life-changing thing, for
us all to know that there are other beings out
there who we could potentially communicate
with, or maybe we are listening to a signal that
they transmitted hundreds of millennia ago.
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I grew up around books. When I first held the
book and it was a substantive, tangible thing,
and I thought of all the work that went into it,
not just my work but everybody else's and the
research and so forth, there's a sense of really
have done something worthwhile.
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In the computer industry, you've got an
interdisciplinary team of people who can
come together, attack the problem, and work
in a collaborative style. You knock down one
problem after another, cobble things together,
and then hopefully turn the crank at some
point.
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I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new
creative projects.
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We've had some tough times, but we've hung
in there.
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In the computer industry, you've got an
interdisciplinary team of people who can
come together, attack the problem, and work
in a collaborative style. You knock down one
problem after another, cobble things together,
and then hopefully turn the crank at some
point.
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Once you become an owner of a team, you
get so much more into the sport and you can't
help it. So I really love NFL football now to the
degree of following it much more than I did
previously.
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The possible is constantly being redefined, and
I care deeply about helping humanity move
forward.
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In global warming, I think everyone is
scratching their heads - are there
technological things that can be brought to
bear that can make a difference?
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