Figure of the computer, but also the sport, the billionaire and philanthropist Paul Allen, the co-founder in 1975 with Bill Gates of the american giant Microsoft, was a survivor twice of cancer before he succumbed Monday to a recurrence, at the age of 65 years. The reactions to his death have poured in, including that of his former partner and long-time Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, with whom he was nevertheless scrambled in leaving the group in the 1980s. Saluting one of his closest friends “, who ” deserved more time “, Bill Gates has estimated that “the personal computer would never have existed without him,” according to a statement quoted by the american press.
“It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our founder Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, had indicated a little earlier the company Vulcan, founded and owned by billionaire, specifying that he died” on Monday afternoon, 15 October 2018, of complications from non-hodgkin’s lymphoma, in Seattle, his hometown. Paul Allen had announced in early October that this disease, treated for the first time in 2009, had recurred, but that doctors were ” optimistic.” He also had survived another form of cancer, Hodgkin’s disease, diagnosed in 1982. “My brother was a remarkable person in all respects,” said his sister Jody in the statement released by Vulcan, “saluting” the man of technology and the philanthropist “.
A ” pioneer “, “visionary”
Paul Allen had founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975, before slamming the door in 1983, angry with her ex-partner, whom he later accused of having tried to “rip off” while he was thinking of his departure and that he was recovering from his first cancer. Lack of agreement on the repurchase price of its shares, and Paul Allen had kept his shares, which will make his fortune when he sells it to the year 2000. A fortune on Monday night to $ 20.3 billion by Forbes magazine. Steve Ballmer, another former Microsoft and ex-boss of the group, Paul Allen was accused also of having attempted the scam in the 1980s, described on Twitter ” a great mentor “. The boss of Google, Sundar Pichai, has welcomed the “great pioneer” of the technology world.
We lost a great technology pioneer today – thank you Paul Allen for your immense contributions to the world through your work and your philanthropy. Thoughts are with his family and the entire Microsoft community.
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) October 15, 2018
Three years after leaving Microsoft, Paul Allen founded Vulcan in order to manage its various activities, including culture, real estate, sports. He was owner of the american football team the Seattle Seahawks and the basketball Trail Blazers of Portland. Like many billionaires, including Bill Gates, Paul Allen was a philanthropist, ardent, particularly in health care. Despite a complicated history with the software giant, the boss of Microsoft Satya Nadella has praised the memory of its co-founder, “has created products, experiences and institutions of magic, and (…) has changed the world,” according to a press release.
The sports world has also paid tribute, including president of the national League of american football (NFL), Roger Goodell, who wrote in a press release that ” his passion for the game, combined with his determination, quiet, have led to a model organization, both on and outside the field.” The NBA (basketball), Adam Silver has praised the “vision” and “generosity” of the disappeared. “He has worked tirelessly with our medical advisors to identify new ways to make the game more secure “, praised Roger Goodell. “We miss you. We thank you. We love you “, wrote on Twitter the team of the Trail Blazers. Paul Allen had founded Stratolaunch, a company that has built a huge aircraft capable of launching rockets into space, currently being tested in California. The company has hailed him as a ” visionary “.
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