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Paul Allen the 'Accidental Zillionaire'

An anonymous reader writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting story about Paul Allen, "the accidental zillionaire". Allen is the owner of the world's biggest private yacht and a huge landowner in the Seattle area in addition to his traditional accolades of helping to found Microsoft along with several other companies and foundations."

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  1. Re:What is a zillionaire? by DoctorFrog · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    I understand President Bush got very upset upon learning that three Brazilian soldiers had died in Iraq.

    "How did we go from a couple of thousand to three brazillion?!?"