Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft

Informationen zum Autor Paul Allen (1953-2018) was the billionaire technologist and philanthropist who cofounded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975. He was also the chairman of Vulcan Inc. and founder of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. During his life he owned various sports teams including the Seattle Seahawks, the Portland Trail Blazers and co-owned the Seattle Sounders pro soccer team. He lived on Mercer Island, Washington and died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Klappentext Paul Allen (1953-2018) was the billionaire technologist and philanthropist who cofounded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975. He was also the chairman of Vulcan Inc. and founder of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. During his life he owned various sports teams including the Seattle Seahawks, the Portland Trail Blazers and co-owned the Seattle Sounders pro soccer team. He lived on Mercer Island, Washington and died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Zusammenfassung What's it like to start a revolution? How do you build the biggest tech company in the world? And why do you walk away from it all? Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. Together he and Bill Gates turned an idea - writing software - into a company and then an entire industry. This title tells the story of how it came about.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Allen, Paul Allen
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2012
• EAN: 9780241953716
• ISBN: 978-0-241-95371-6
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Erinnerungen (div.) s.a. Einzelperson, Entrepreneurship, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, Information technology industries, Autobiography: science, technology & medicine, Autobiography: science, technology and medicine, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups