That its interest in the Seahawks had been sold to an investor group led by the family of Vinod Khosla for an undisclosed amount but reported to be $9
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Paul Allen
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 microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Allen was ranked as one of the richest people in American history by Forbes, with an estimated net worth of $20.3 billion at the time of his death in October 20…
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Born 21 January 1953 · Died 15 October 2018 · Q162005
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2026· 3 entries
Yahoo! Sports: Paul Allen ‘taking a few days off’ after ‘paid protestors’ claim
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His Estate sold the Trail Blazers to an ownership group led by billionaire Tom Dundon
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2025· 3 entries
NBC Sports: Paul Allen’s estate commences efforts to sell Portland Trail Blazers (but not the Seahawks)
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NBC Sports: Paul Allen estate formally puts Portland Trail Blazers up for sale, money going to philanthropy
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A new second foundation was established named Fund for Science and Technology, funded initially with $3
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2022· 1 entry
The Paul Allen estate created the Fund for Science and Technology (FFST) and launched in August 2025 with an initial endowment of $3
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2020· 1 entry
Published “SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python” in Nature Methods — cited 36,804 times.
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2019· 2 entries
The Stratolaunch aircraft made its maiden flight, reaching 15,000 ft (4,600 m) and 165 kn (306 km/h) in a 2 h 29 min flight
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Following Allen's death in 2018
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2018· 2 entries
Died 2018-10-15.
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Petrel found a lost US Navy C-2A Greyhound aircraft in the Philippine Sea, USS Lexington in the Coral Sea, and the USS Juneau off the coast of the Solomon Islands
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2017· 1 entry
At Allen's direction, Petrel found the wrecks of USS Indianapolis and USS Ward and multiple wrecks from the Battle of Surigao Strait and the Battle of Ormoc Bay
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2016· 1 entry
With a $100 million commitment, The Paul G
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2015· 5 entries
Tried again and recovered the bell in very good condition
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Won Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy (2015).
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Allen brought together key leaders in the Ebola fight at the Ebola Innovation Summit in San Francisco
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Allen founded the Seattle Art Fair, a four-day event with 60-plus galleries from around the world including the participation of the Gagosian Gallery, David Zwirner
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With the USDOT's $40 million commitment as well as $10 million from Allen's Vulcan Inc
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2014· 4 entries
Alone, Allen's film, We The Economy, won 12 awards including a Webby award for best Online News & Politics Series
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To improve data on global fisheries as a way to fight illegal fishing
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The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2)'s main focus is to research and engineer artificial intelligence
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Allen pledged at least $100 million toward the fight to end the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, making him the largest private donor in the Ebola crisis
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2013· 4 entries
Allen sold Barnett Newman's Onement VI (1953) at Sotheby's in New York for $43
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Vulcan Productions co-produced the Richard E
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Vulcan Productions signed on as a producing partner of Pandora's Promise, a documentary about nuclear power, directed by Oscar-nominated director Robert Stone
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Allen opened a new Vulcan Capital office in Palo Alto, California, to focus on making new investments in emerging technology and internet companies
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2012· 3 entries
The Americans for the Arts gave him the Eli and Edythe Broad Award for Philanthropy in the Arts
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Along with his research team and the Royal Navy, Allen attempted to retrieve the ship's bell from HMS Hood, which sank in the Denmark Strait during World War II, but the attempt failed due to poor weather
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The Wall Street Journal called Allen's South Lake Union investment "unexpectedly lucrative" and one that led to his firm selling a 1,800,000-square-foot (170,000 m2) office complex to Amazon
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2011· 1 entry
Allen announced the creation of Stratolaunch Systems, based at the Mojave Air and Space Port
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2010· 2 entries
To support early-stage research projects that often have difficulty securing funding from traditional sources
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Allen had become a signatory of The Giving Pledge, promising to give at least half of his fortune to philanthropic causes
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2009· 2 entries
At CenturyLink Field, a stadium which was also controlled by Allen
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With Allen's loss estimated at $7 billion
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2007· 1 entry
And stated that this was a major milestone and a positive step for the franchise
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2004· 2 entries
As a professional and social hub for people working in the creative arts
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Funded the first crewed private spaceplane with SpaceShipOne
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2002· 1 entry
The team moved into Seahawks Stadium (now known as Lumen Field), after Allen invested into the upgrade of the stadium
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2000· 2 entries
But he remained as a senior strategy advisor to the company's executives
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Resigned from his position on Microsoft's board and assumed the post of senior strategy advisor to the company's management team
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1998· 2 entries
Allen bought a controlling interest in Charter Communications
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And upgraded it with 3-D capability and digital sound, in addition to interior and exterior refurbishing
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1997· 1 entry
From owner Ken Behring, who had attempted to move the team to southern California the previous year
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1992· 2 entries
Allen and David Liddle co-founded Interval Research Corporation, a Silicon Valley–based laboratory and new business incubator that was dissolved in 2000 after generating over 300 patents, four of which were the subject o
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Allen invested $30 million in what was then a small internet service provider
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1988· 1 entry
From California real estate developer Larry Weinberg for $70 million
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1986· 1 entry
A privately held company that managed his business and philanthropic efforts
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1983· 1 entry
Gates tried to buy Allen out at $5 per share, but Allen refused and left the company with his shares intact; this made him a billionaire when Microsoft went public, with 25
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1982· 1 entry
After being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, though he remained on the board of directors as vice chairman
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1981· 1 entry
To become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington (with a further change of its name to "Microsoft Corporation, Inc
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1980· 1 entry
Although they had not yet developed one, and Allen spearheaded a deal for Microsoft to purchase QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) written by Tim Paterson who was employed at Seattle Computer Products
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1975· 2 entries
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, and began marketing a BASIC programming language interpreter, with their first employee being high school friend and collaborator Ric Weiland
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Which was followed by the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s
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1972· 1 entry
After Evans' sudden death in a mountain climbing accident, Gates turned to Allen for help finishing an automated class scheduling system for Lakeside
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1953· 2 entries
In Seattle, Washington, to Kenneth Sam Allen (a librarian) and Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen (a fourth-grade teacher)
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Born 1953-01-21.
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