Paul Allen
Paul Allen was an American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He co-founded Microsoft alongside Bill Gates in 1975. He was the company's chief technologist until he left in 1983. Librarian's note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
3 Books Written
By his early thirties, Paul Allen was a world-famous billionaire-and that was just the beginning. In 2007 and 2008, Time named Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft, one of the hundred most influential people in the world. Since he made his fortune, his impact has been felt in science, technology, business, medicine, sports, music, and philanthropy. His passion, curiosity, and intellectual rigor-combined with the resources to launch and support new initiatives-have literally changed the world. In 2009 Allen discovered that he had lymphoma, lending urgency to his desire to share his story for the first time. In this classic memoir, Allen explains how he solved problems, what he learned from his many endeavors-both the triumphs and the failures-and his compelling vision for the future. He reflects candidly on an extraordinary life. The book also features previously untold stories about everything from the true origins of Microsoft to Allen's role in the dawn of private space travel (with SpaceShipOne) and in discoveries at the frontiers of brain science. With honesty, humor, and insight, Allen tells the story of a life of ideas made real.
Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft by Allen, Paul(October 30, 2012) Paperback
by Paul Allen
Rating: 3.5 ⭐
Paul Allen, a former two-time London Intercounty Baseball League All-Star (IBL), has announced the release of his non-fiction book, Bright Lights Black Stars, which follows the journey of Negro League baseball players in Canada's oldest baseball league, the IBL. The book focuses on IBL players and teams during the 1948-1959 era, providing a fascinating insight into the history of the sport.