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Paul Allen

Paul Allen (born January 21, 1953) is a co-founder of Microsoft Corporation (together with Bill Gates). He regularly appears on lists of the richest people in the world.

He is the owner of the Portland Trailblazers, an NBA basketball team, and the Seattle Seahawks, of the National Football League.

Allen runs a venture capital firm, Vulcan Ventures[?], and has created the Experience Music Project, a museum of music history, in Seattle, Washington.

Allen (through the Vulcan Ventures) also owns TechTV.

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