Microsoft Co-Founder <br />Paul Allen, Dead at 65 The billionaire investor died <br />from from complications <br />of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Earlier this month, he <br />revealed that he had started <br />treatment to fight the disease. He overcame the same <br />type of cancer nine years ago. Allen set up Microsoft <br />with Bill Gates in 1975. He came up with the <br />original name, Micro-soft. Instrumental in the early <br />success of the company, In August of this year, it was <br />reported that he had a <br />net worth of $20.2 billion. Through the Paul G. <br />Allen Family Foundation, In the past decade, Allen was the owner of the <br />NBA's Portland Trailblazers and <br />NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, via CNBC
