Paul Allen (12) (1953–2018)
Auteur van Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft
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Paul Gardner Allen was born in Seattle, Washington on January 21, 1953. He attended Washington State University for two years, before dropping out to work as a programmer for Honeywell in Boston. In 1975, he co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates. Allen left Microsoft in the early 1980s but remained toon meer on the board until 2000. He was also an investor and a philanthropist. His memoir, Idea Man, was published in 2011. He died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on October 15, 2018 at the age of 65. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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In 2007 and 2008, Time named Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft, one of the hundred most influential people in the world. Since he made his fortune, his impact has been felt in science, technology, business, medicine, sports, music, and philanthropy. His passion, curiosity, and intellectual rigor-combined with the resources to launch and support new initiatives-have literally changed the world.
In 2009 Allen discovered that he had lymphoma, lending urgency to his desire to share his story for the first time. In this long-awaited memoir, Allen explains how he has solved problems, what he's learned from his many endeavors-both the triumphs and the failures-and his compelling vision for the future. He reflects candidly on an extraordinary life.
The book also features previously untold stories about everything from the true origins of Microsoft to Allen's role in the dawn of private space travel (with SpaceShipOne) and in discoveries at the frontiers of brain science. With honesty, humor, and insight, Allen tells the story of a life of ideas made real.… (meer)