保罗·艾伦

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保罗·艾伦

出生：	1953年1月21日 美国
職業：	董事主席
净值：	$220亿美元 (2006)
網站：	paulallen.com

保罗·加德纳·艾伦 (生于1953年1月21日)是一位美国企业家，他与比尔·盖茨创立了微软公司的前身。他被认为是世界上最富有的人之一，到2006年他在福布斯杂志排名第六,拥有资产大约227亿美元，其中50亿是微软股票。同时他是Charter Communications主席，梦工厂股东。最近他被邀加入美国电影艺术与科学学会 (AMPAS).

艾伦拥有2支职业体育队: 美国足联的西雅图海鹰和NBA的波特兰开拓者。

现在他居住在美国华盛顿州的Mercer岛。

[编辑] 早年生活

保罗·艾伦生于西雅图, 华盛顿州, 是华盛顿大学图书馆副馆长Kenneth S. Allen和Faye G. Allen的儿子。艾伦就读于Lakeside School,西雅图一家著名的私立学校, 在这里他遇到了比他小2级但对计算机同样痴迷的比尔·盖茨。他们一起独占了湖岸中学的唯一一台微型计算机。为了获得更多的计算能力，艾伦和盖茨偷偷潜入华盛顿大学计算机实验室。They were caught but struck an agreement with lab administrators by providing free computer help to students. 毕业之后艾伦就职于华盛顿州立大学, 2年之后他放弃了这个职位，转而去实现为新兴的"个人电脑"编写商业可行的软件的梦想，后来他与从哈佛大学辍学的比尔·盖茨创立了微软公司。

[编辑] 微软公司

更多信息参看微软的历史

With Bill Gates, he co-founded Microsoft (initially "Micro-Soft") in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1975, and began selling a BASIC interpreter. In 1980, Allen spearheaded a deal for Microsoft to buy an operating system called QDOS for $59,000. Due to IBM deadlines, Gates and Allen felt that they didn't have enough time to develop an operating system from scratch, therefore they purchased the fully functional QDOS and reworked the code to fit IBM's needs. Microsoft won a contract to supply the finished program for use as the operating system of IBM's new PC. This became a foundation of Microsoft's remarkable growth.

艾伦在1983年因为罹患霍奇金氏病从微软公司辞职，后经过几个月的放疗和一次骨髓移植治愈。

2000年11月, 艾伦辞去微软公司的职务，但被要求继续担任微软高级战略顾问。

[编辑] 慈善事业

Much of Paul Allen's philanthropy has been dedicated to health and human services and toward the advancement of science and technology. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation was established in 1986 to administer much of the giving. Through the Foundation, Allen awards nearly $30 million in grants annually. Approximately 75 percent of the Foundation's money goes to non-profit organizations in Seattle and the state of Washington. The remaining 25 percent is distributed to Portland, Oregon and other cities within the Pacific Northwest. Allen also contributes through other charitable projects known as venture philanthropy. The most famous of those projects are the Experience Music Project, the Allen Institute for Brain Science, and SETI. Paul Allen's total philanthropy as of 2005 is estimated to be over US$815 million.

华盛顿大学是保罗·艾伦捐助的主要受益者。1980年代末，他捐助1.8亿美元用于建造新的图书馆，图书馆以他父亲德名字肯尼斯·S·艾伦(Kenneth S. Allen)命名。2003他捐助500万美金建立了以他母亲名字Faye G. Allen命名的视觉艺术中心。 Paul Allen also was the top private contributor (US$14 million) and namesake of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (2004年完工). 多年来，艾伦已向华盛顿大学医学院捐助了数百万美元, 最近的320万美元用于前列腺炎的研究。

In 1993, Paul Allen funded the two-year lawsuit in which the family of rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix regained the rights to his music after the estate administrator allegedly sold them without permission. Allen has also funded the purchase of many Hendrix artifacts (including the guitar Hendrix played at Woodstock) and ensured their public display in the Experience Music Project exhibits.

[编辑] 西雅图房地产投资和开发

Allen is a key developer and investor in the controversial development of the South Lake Union neighborhood of 西雅图 as a biotechnology hub. This development has been criticized by some as a city-supported real estate investment for Vulcan Inc.. Concerns over the loss of low-income housing are prominent. Allen has made investments estimated at US$200 million as of 2005, and has promoted for city funding of a "South Lake Union Trolley" from Seattle's Westlake Center to the south end of Lake Union which some suggest would be of questionable contribution to the overall 公共交通 plan of the city.

Allen was a key financier and owner of the Experience Music Project.

[编辑] Sports involvement

In 1988, Paul Allen purchased the 波特兰开拓者队 NBA team for $70 million, and was instrumental in the development and funding of their Rose Garden Arena in 1993. In 1997, he purchased the Seattle Seahawks NFL team after city leaders asked him to save the team when former owner Ken Behring threatened to move the Seahawks to southern California. He played a large part in the development of the Seahawks' stadium, Qwest Field, although it was funded largely by taxpayer dollars.

Through his investment and project management company Vulcan Inc., Paul Allen also owns The Sporting News magazine.

Recently Allen has been asking 波特兰 and 俄勒冈 officials for assistance in the financing of the Blazers, which he estimated would lose $100 million over the next three years. Portland Mayor Tom Potter has so far rebuffed the requests, and many Portland fans have been blaming Allen for the serious deterioration of the team's record, quality of play, and image in the community since 1996.

根据福布斯杂志2006估算, 波特兰开拓者队市值大约3亿美元。

[编辑] SpaceShipOne

Paul Allen (in sun glasses) and Burt Rutan (leather jacket) were presented with the Ansari X Prize by members of the X Prize Foundation in 2004.

In 2004, Allen confirmed that he was the sole investor behind Burt Rutan's Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne suborbital commercial spacecraft. SpaceShipOne was the first privately-funded effort to successfully put a civilian in suborbital space and winner of the Ansari X Prize competition.

[编辑] 章鱼号

In 2003, the launch of Paul Allen's 127m (416ft) 章鱼号 secured its position as one of the world's largest 游艇. 它位于摩托游艇长度列表第四位。艾伦还拥有另两条很长的游艇。

[编辑] 个人生活

保罗·艾伦一直单身生活。2005年，纽约每日新闻披露他与女演员，前选美大赛皇后Laura Harring 联袂主演过Mulholland Drive (movie)，约会有大约6个月。

[编辑] 外部链接

• 保罗·艾伦官方主页
• Vulcan Inc.
  • Vulcan website promoting controversial South Lake Union development
• Halo计划
• 章鱼号船坞
• Cinerama
• 章鱼号游艇照片艾伦最大的游艇
• Tatoosh号 艾伦第二大游艇
• Méduse号 艾伦第三大游艇照片
• [1] 纽约每日新闻刊出艾伦与Laura Harring约会

[编辑] 文献

• 福布斯世界最富有的人
• 福布斯400强
• 保罗·艾伦作为微软高级顾问
• 保罗·艾伦和比尔·盖茨

[编辑] 博物馆

• 体验音乐计划
• Flying Heritage Collection
• 微型计算机画廊
• 科幻博物馆和名人纪念馆

[编辑] 慈善事业

• 保罗G.艾伦家族基金会
• 艾伦大脑地图集 艾伦脑科研究所项目