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    Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, is dead at 65

    Source: CNN Business
    October 15, 2018 at 21:10
    Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, in New York, Jan. 31, 2014. (Beatrice de Gea/The New York Times)
    Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, in New York, Jan. 31, 2014. (Beatrice de Gea/The New York Times)
    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called Allen's contributions "indispensable."

    New York (CNN Business) - Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft, died Monday. He was an investor, entrepreneur and philanthropist who influenced many aspects of modern life — from technology and science to sports and music.

    Allen was 65, his investment firm Vulcan said in a statement announcing his death. He died in Seattle from complications related to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma two weeks after Allen said he was being treated for the disease. 
    Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, like the less-common Hodgkin's disease, is a cancer of the lymphatic system.
    "My brother was a remarkable individual on every level," Allen's sister, Jody Allen, said in a statement on behalf of his family. "He was a much loved brother and uncle, and an exceptional friend."
    Allen founded Microsoft (MSFT) with Bill Gates in 1975, several years after the two met as fellow students at a private school in Seattle. Allen left the company in 1982 after he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.

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