Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen Dies at 65

Allen 'created magical products, experiences, and institutions, and in doing so, he changed the globe,' Microsoft'due south electric current CEO, Satya Nadella, said in a argument.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died at age 65 from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Allen passed abroad Mon afternoon, co-ordinate to his company, Vulcan. The news comes just weeks after Allen revealed that his not-Hodgkin's lymphoma had returned after successful treatment in 2009.

In a statement, Allen'southward sister, Jody Allen said: "My blood brother was a remarkable individual on every level. While nigh knew Paul Allen as a technologist and philanthropist, for us he was a much loved brother and uncle, and an infrequent friend."

Allen is best known for co-founding Microsoft with Pecker Gates in 1975 after they both decided to drib out of Harvard. He himself suggested the proper noun for the company, which would go on to go one the world's biggest tech giants.

Paul Allen

In a statement, Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella said Allen "created magical products, experiences, and institutions, and in doing so, he changed the globe."

Allen resigned from Microsoft back in 1983 after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin'due south disease. By then, he was also growing tired of Gates, who he believed was trying to dilute his stake in Microsoft. Nevertheless, Allen'south shares in the visitor would brand him 1 of the world's richest men; his estimated worth was at $20 billion. According to Vulcan, which manages his avails, Allen spent $2 billion of his personal fortunate on philanthropy.

"Millions of people were touched by his generosity, his persistence in pursuit of a better world, and his bulldoze to accomplish as much as he could with the time and resources at his disposal," Vulcan said in a argument.

The CEOs of Apple, Google and Amazon besides offered their condolences:

Our industry has lost a pioneer and our world has lost a force for good. We transport our deepest condolences to Paul's friends, the Allen family unit and anybody at Microsoft.
— Tim Melt (@tim_cook) Oct 15, 2022

We lost a great engineering pioneer today - thank y'all Paul Allen for your immense contributions to the world through your work and your philanthropy. Thoughts are with his family unit and the unabridged Microsoft community.
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) October fifteen, 2022

Very sorry to hear of Paul Allen's passing. His passion for invention and pushing forrad inspired then many. He was relentless to the end. My heart goes out to Paul's family and friends.
— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) October 15, 2022

Outside of his involvement in Microsoft, Allen is too known as the possessor of the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trail Blazers. Vulcan said there are no imminent changes for the visitor. "We will continue to work on furthering Paul's mission and the projects he entrusted to us," it added.