Paul Gardner Allen, an American business mogul, computer programmer, researcher, investor, and philanthropist, was born on January 21, 1953.
Paul Gardner Allen, an American business mogul, computer programmer, researcher, investor, and philanthropist, was born on January 21, 1953. In 1975, he and his childhood friend Bill Gates co-founded Microsoft Corporation, which contributed to the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. Microsoft rose to become the leading provider of personal computer software.
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