DISAPPEARANCE OF PAUL ALLEN

" It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our founder Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft" , said earlier the company Vulcan, founded and owned by the billionaire, stating that he had died "Monday afternoon, October 15, 2018 complications of a non-Hodgkin lymphoma, in Seattle" (northwest), his hometown.

"My brother was a remarkable person in all respects," said his sister Jody in the Vulcan Communiqué, praising "tech man and philanthropist".

Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, with whom he had quit when he left the group in the 1980s, praised a "close friend" who "deserved more time." ,

Mr. Gates felt that "personal computing would never have existed without him".

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 had also survived another form of cancer, Hodgkin's Disease, diagnosed in 1982.

"Pioneer", "visionary"

Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975 before slamming the door in 1983, angry at with his former partner, whom he later accused of attempting to "rip him off" as he thought of his departure and was recovering from his first cancer.

In the absence of agreement on the redemption price of his shares, Paul Allen had retained his shares, which will make his fortune when he sells them around the year 2000. A fortune estimated Monday evening to 20.3 billion dollars by the magazine "Forbes".

The world of sport has also paid tribute to him, including the president of the National Football League (NFL), Roger Goodell, who wrote in a statement that "his passion for the game, combined with his quiet determination, led to a model organization, both on and off the field " .

NBA (Basketball) Adam Silver praised the "vision" and "generosity" of the missing.

"He has worked tirelessly with our medical advisors to identify new ways to make gambling safer," said Goodell. "We miss you. We thank you. We love you, " the Trail Blazers team wrote on Twitter.

Paul Allen also founded Stratolaunch, a company that has built a giant space-launching aircraft that is currently being tested in California. The company hailed him as a "visionary".

Change the world.

In 2010, Paul Allen joins the creation of The Giving Pledge, a movement launched by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

They are billionaires who, throughout the world, promise to donate a large part of their wealth in the hope of changing the world.

In 2018, there are 184 to have answered this call, like Tim Cooke (Apple), Elon Musk (Space X), Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan (Facebook), Richard Branson (Virgin) and many others ...

Like his former partner Bill Gates, he decided to give the majority of his fortune to charity in hopes of changing the world..