In his early years, paul allen "cheated" his childhood friend Bill Gates from Harvard, and in 1975, he co-founded Microsoft Corporation, from which he became a rich man. In 23, he made the list of "the worst managers" in American Business Week. The man wrote his own song: Maybe what I did was wrong, but I still have high morale.

in p>24, paul allen, with a net worth of $21 billion, ranked fifth in Forbes' list of the world's richest people. At present, he holds $5 billion worth of Microsoft stock.

In June, 24, Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft Corporation, who visited China, was in the limelight, and his every move became the focus of China media. To many people in China, Bill Gates is synonymous with Microsoft.

Almost at the same time as Gates came to China, an American spaceship named Spaceship I successfully rose to an altitude of 15, feet and then returned to the ground and landed in the Mau Yau desert. This is the first time in human history that space travel was designed, sponsored and completed entirely by unofficial institutions. The name of paul allen, the sponsor, is particularly eye-catching in the endless reports in American media.

In fact, this 51-year-old American not only paid for the huge expenses of this space trip, but also founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, who is now famous all over the world, 29 years ago.

Accidental Billionaire

In p>1953, paul allen was born in Seattle, USA. At the age of 14, he and his friend Bill Gates, two years younger than himself, became avid computer lovers. This fanaticism made paul allen drop out of school after only two years at Washington State University, and successfully persuaded his childhood friend Bill Gates to "liberate" from Harvard's heavy schoolwork by dropping out of school and devote himself to the "career" of writing commercial software for emerging personal computers.

Allen and Gates co-founded Microsoft in New Mexico in 1975. In 198, Allen bought an operating system named QDOS for $5,, and immediately got a contract to use this system for IBM personal computers. The Microsoft myth kicked off.

Just as Microsoft was booming, paul allen, 3, was found to have Hodgkin's disease and resigned from Microsoft. After several months of radiotherapy, paul allen regained his health, but he never returned to the front-line leadership of Microsoft. After serving on Microsoft's board of directors for many years, paul allen announced in 2 that he would no longer seek re-election as a director of Microsoft and become a senior strategic adviser of Microsoft's top management.

Bill Gates once said, "Paul made great contributions to the establishment of Microsoft. Over the years, he has also played an important role in the success and development of the company. " Bill Gates, who was once rumored to be at odds with Paul, said that he would still attach great importance to "friendship with Paul and Paul's opinions" in the future.

Although he didn't compete with Bill Gates in the growing period of Microsoft, paul allen got far more than expected returns from the business he founded when he was young.

when Microsoft went public in 1986, paul allen held 28% of Microsoft's shares. For more than ten years, Paul has been selling Microsoft shares, from which he has made great profits. At present, he still holds nearly 7% of Microsoft shares, which is also his endless source of wealth.

As a biography of paul allen published in the United States said, "This is a billionaire who achieved success by accident".

investor who entertains himself

Compared with Bill Gates, who is bent on expanding the IT market and expanding his business, paul allen is more like a child who is blessed by God and plays games. As one of the top 15 well-known philanthropists in the United States, paul allen has a wide range of investment interests and currently owns shares in more than 15 companies, organizations and foundations. The investment fields he dabbled in are not only varied, but also quite different from the traditional practice of investors pursuing returns, which fully shows the spirit of this single "old youth" to entertain himself.

in p>1984, Paul founded a software development company called ASYMETRIX. This company "changed its face" several times without developing any decent products. From CLICK21EARN.COM to 24, it merged with DOCENT to form SUM TOTAL SYSTEM, and this company has always been maintained. The company's main business has also changed from the initial development of artificial intelligence processing company financial analysis tools to the later provision of computer teaching services.

One of Paul's major achievements is the wolken Venture Capital Company in Seattle. Although the boss of this famous company is lively and lavish, the investment success rate is really not high. There are about 3 venture capital projects in paul allen every year, with an average investment of about US$ 5 million per project. However, perhaps because investors' interest in the projects far exceeds their rational judgment on income expectations, Paul's generous huge sum of money has often shrunk dramatically or completely hit Shui Piao, and he has therefore been ranked as the "worst manager" in American Business Week in 23.

in addition to investing in information industry, cable TV, multimedia, digital appliances and other industries that are closely related to technology, paul allen has also invested a lot of energy and money in the entertainment industry. He is the owner of NBA Portland Pioneers and Seattle Seahawks football team, and also the owner of Rose Garden Stadium, the home of Portland Pioneers. However, due to the poor attendance in the 22 and 23 seasons, and the trouble with the loan applied by Paul for this stadium in 1993, Rose Garden Company declared bankruptcy on February 27th, 24. The facts once again mocked Paul's investment sense and management ability.

Technology is always "playing around"

Despite his bad luck in investment and management, paul allen's mood doesn't seem to be greatly affected. When he heard the news that the Cinema Rama in Seattle was about to close, he immediately took action, not only buying the cinema, but also transforming it into an exhibition hall to display all kinds of movies. This software-born technologist's humanistic and soft personality not only makes paul allen's funds more colorful, but also shows people a billionaire full of personal charm.

As one of the main investors in DreamWorks and the owner of Portland Radio Station, paul allen is also the main sponsor of SETI project dedicated to finding life in space and studying artificial intelligence. In December 23, after nearly three years of secretly sponsoring the "Spaceship One" project, Paul finally walked from behind the scenes to the stage and announced his bold investment action to the public. In an interview with the media, Paul predicted that "private investment will play a greater role in the field of space research".

In September p>23, paul allen also set up a special foundation to invest 1 million US dollars for the research of human brain. On June 18th, 26, Allen presided over the opening ceremony of the Seattle Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame. The museum, located in the "Experience Music Project" building in Allen, contains nearly half a century's works of science fiction and artists' pictures of future fantasies.

As Allen's favorite singer jimi hendrix sang-please forgive me when I try to kiss the sky. Paul allen, who lives casually and wholeheartedly, also made an accurate judgment on his life in a song he wrote-maybe everything I did was wrong, but I still have high morale. For paul allen, a technical urchin, this is really accurate.