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Birth
Paul Allen was born on January 21, 1953 in Seattle, Washington -
Paul meet a good friend
Paul Allen meets fellow student Bill Gates in the computer lab at the private Lakeside School in Seattle. -
Microsoft Foundation
Allen and Gates found Microsoft (then called Micro-Soft) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Allen is the company's chief technologist. -
A disease
Paul is diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. -
A new Foundation
Establishes the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. -
The creation of a museum
The EMP (Experience Music Project) opens in Seattle. The museum, funded by Allen, costs $100 million. -
Bad News
Paul is diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. -
One good work
Founds The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group to support emerging bioscience research. -
Billionaires guy
Named number 42 on the Forbes World's Billionaires list, with a net worth of $19.9 billion.
