10 Things You Didn't Know About Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen

The sixty-fifth birthday of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is today. Here are 10 facts about the man he might not know.

When you think of Microsoft and the men behind the company, a name probably comes to mind: Bill Gates. But most Microsoft fans also know that Gates did not find the company on his own, and Paul Allen, a childhood friend of Gates, is the co-founder of the company.

The name of Gates is synonymous with Microsoft because it stayed with the company for a much longer period. But do you know when Allen left Microsoft? And because?

The answers to those questions are listed here. Today is Paul Allen's birthday, and it's a big one; Man now considers himself a "senior citizen" in the United States. Today Allen is 65 years old. In honor of this momentous day in the life of a transcendental man in the history of Microsoft, we put together some quick facts about Allen.

Interesting facts about Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen

1.     Paul Allen left Microsoft in 1983, only eight years after founding the company with Gates in 1975. But he did not leave for specific commercial reasons, unless we know and at least not officially. Allen left the company due to his battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Allen finally beat that cancer
2.      Allen met Gates when they were just teenagers (14 and 12 years old, respectively), while both were students at Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington, according to Biography.com.
3.     Allen is a deserter from Washington State University (WSU). He only attended school for two years, but later donated $ 26 million to build the Paul G. Allen School of Global Animal Health at WSU. (Gates is also a university deserter).
4.     Paul Allen is number 22 on Forbes' list of richest Americans in 2017, with a net worth of around $ 21 billion. And that number is increasing, according to Forbes. (Gates was number 1 on that list of 2017 with a net worth of around $ 92.1 billion.
5.     Allen is not only the twenty-second richest American, according to Forbes, he is the thirteenth richest man in American technology and the forty-second richest American millionaire. (Gates has frequently ranked number 1 in both categories, too ... Allen probably should have stayed with Microsoft, huh?)
6.     In his 2011 book, "Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft," Allen accused Gates and former CEO Steve Ballmer of "cheating" him. He was referring to a supposed conversation he heard between Gates and Ballmer about plans to reduce his participation in the company.
7.     Allen owns or has partial ownership of three professional US sports teams. US: Seattle Seahawks (full owner) of the NFL, Portland Trailblazers (full owner) of the NBA and Seattle Sounders (a partial ownership interest) of the MLS.
8.     Allen not only beat Hodgkin's lymphoma once, he beat cancer twice. More than two decades after his initial diagnosis of cancer, Allen discovered that he had a non-Hodgkin lymphoma. But he too would overcome that disease.
9.     Allen was a great admirer of Jimi Hendrix, according to Biography.com, and he played guitar in a band called Grown Men that released an album in 2000. And it's available on CD through Amazon ...
10.     Allen is a bachelor ... so, if you're single and you're located in the Mercer Island area, Wash. (Where Allen lives), you may want to approach the boy. However, Allen does not look like the kind of marriage. Now he is 65 years old, and has never been married and has no children. And it's actually known for its lavish parties ... so sometimes, according to reports, it causes attendees to sign confidentiality agreements to attend.