Paul Allen
Paul Allen
Paul Gardner Allenis an American businessman, philanthropist, investor, musician, and innovator, best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, alongside Bill Gates. As of March 2016, he was estimated to be the 45th richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $17.7 billion...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth21 January 1953
CitySeattle, WA
CountryUnited States of America
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I think it's fantastic. It's great to be part of a franchise and have the players, coaches and fans see that national recognition and enjoy it.
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All of us in Seattle that are football fans and sports fans, I think we like getting some more focus on the town and enjoy that focus. And it's great to be a part of it.
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Being an active board member for a dynamic and successful company such as Microsoft is a time-intensive role and one I have enjoyed for many years. However, this new role will enable me to spend my time on technology and products, where I can really make a significant contribution.
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I've really enjoyed being the owner of the Trail Blazers. I've tried hard to bring the city a championship. Now we are in a tough rebuilding process with a broken financial model. We have asked for help in fixing it. If I have to sell the team or if it can't continue, that will be sad.
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Probably working on some version of software for the IBM PC.
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Over 20 years ago, even before I helped to co-found Microsoft, I saw a connected future...I called that future 'the wired world,'
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All of a sudden the chemistry is different. It feels like a different year. I told the players that very early in the season -- it just felt like a different year.
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Our attempt to send the first privately funded astronaut into suborbital space will be the next step in that process. If successful, it will be a major milestone in private space exploration.
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By investing into Marcus Cable, I will finally have some wires for my wired world.
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Our behavioral health records are appropriate for some doctors to see, but maybe not the nurse, but a psychiatrist would have full access,
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There's an incredible feeling of emptiness and missed opportunity.
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I think we got over the hump today. I told the team we don't have to talk about 1984 anymore.
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I think eventually we would have evaluated and updated all our systems, but Y2K got us started early, and we maintained that foundation,
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I was at the Super Bowl last year just hoping that one day we'd be able to get there. I may seem like a mild-mannered guy, but my gut was churning inside: 'Let's win this game. Just win this game. We've got to win this game.