Paul Allen, one of the founders of Microsoft, was born on January 21, 1953 (December 7, 1952). Paul Allen was born in Seattle in 1953 and graduated from Washington State University. In 1968, he met Gates at the Lake High School, and Allen defeated Gates with his rich knowledge. The two became good friends, jointly entered the computer kingdom and launched a software revolution. In 1975, they jointly founded "Microsoft Empire", Allen owns 40 percent of the shares. With him Gates founded Microsoft, then left Microsoft, now worth $33 billion, and only Bill Gates is the world's second richest among the world's six billion people.