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
lying struggle opportunity
For the most part, the best opportunities now lie where your competitors have yet to establish themselves, not where they're already entrenched. Microsoft is struggling to adapt to that new reality.
team people style
In the computer industry, you've got an interdisciplinary team of people who can come together, attack the problem, and work in a collaborative style. You knock down one problem after another, cobble things together, and then hopefully turn the crank at some point.
fun father years
What is the best advice, business or otherwise, you've had and from whom? The best advice I've received came many years ago from my father. He told me that you should love whatever work you do, you should try to find something you truly enjoy. And I've been lucky through the years that the work I've been involved with has been challenging and for the most part, fun.
moving humanity care
The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.
technology museums giving
The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.
ebola people towns
I was in a town of about 10,000 people, and a shipping container with a rusty microscope was their medical clinic.
ocean space lasts
As a species, we've always been discoverers and adventurers, and space and the deep ocean are some of the last frontiers.
fruit sometimes difficult
Sometimes it's very difficult to find fresh fruit on the road.
ambition optimism crusades
Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high
ideas creating creative
I enjoy creating new ideas, working on new creative projects.
sports games enjoy-life
You've got to enjoy time with your family and friends, and if you're involved in sports franchises, those peak moments in playoff games. You have to enjoy life.
eight years sick
In the first eight or so years at Microsoft, we were always chained to our terminals, and after I got sick the first time, I decided that I was going to be more adventurous and explore more of the world.
regret swim wish
The only regrets I have are rather prosaic - like I wish I went for a swim in the Pacific.
thinking differences making-a-difference
In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?