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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
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
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.
http://www.paulallen.com/default.aspx?flash=true&contentId=1.
• 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.