Paul Allen

Paul Gardner Allen (born January 21, 1953) is an entrepreneur who established himself by co-founding Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates. He regularly appears on lists of the richest people in the world; as of 2005 he is ranked by Forbes magazine as the seventh richest, worth an estimated $21 billion, of which $5 billion is in Microsoft stock. His investment vehicle, Vulcan Ventures, also holds large stakes in Charter Communications and Dreamworks SKG. He was recently invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

Property

Paul Allen owns cable giant Charter Communications and has a holding in the Oxygen Media channel. Charter Communications refuses to provide digital Internet service to customers who own Apple Macintosh computers: "Charter Communications has always stood quite firmly on the fact that we do not support the use of the Mac OS and our staff is not trained to or required to support this platform." (E-mail of 9/26/05 from sales.cc@mailegain.chartercom.com)

Related Topics:
Charter Communications - Oxygen Media - Apple Macintosh

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