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Paul Allen the 'Accidental Zillionaire'

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the least-he-could-do-is-buy-us-all-lunch dept.

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. Not accidental at all by leoPetr · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Paul Allen is the one who actually wrote the original Microsoft BASIC for the Altair 8800. Bill Gates knew how to sell things, but his technical skills were lacking compared to Paul's. Paul is far more deserving of his wealth than Bill.

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