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Paul Allen

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q18162079&amp;oldid=2479230264" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy · dated 2015
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q2283&amp;oldid=2564603675" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Microsoft
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q597236&amp;oldid=2548477350" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Washington State University
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q52382875&amp;oldid=2556337546" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q13371&amp;oldid=2560802993" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harvard University

Wikidata describes Paul Allen as American businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft (1953–2018).

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