Paul Allen: News

26 Jun 2024

Albert Einstein

Einstein's historic letter to FDR expected to fetch $4M

A two-page letter written by Albert Einstein, warning then US President Franklin D Roosevelt about Nazi Germany's potential to develop an atomic bomb, is set for auction at Christie's in September.

05 Jun 2024

Bill Gates

Bill Gates announces release of personal memoir in 2025

Microsoft co-founder, Bill Gates, has announced the release of his memoir titled Source Code: My Beginnings, set to hit the shelves on February 4, 2025.

11 Nov 2022

Microsoft

Microsoft co-founder's collection fetches $1.6bn in most expensive art auction

Paul Allen, the late co-founder of Microsoft, was known for revolutionizing computing. However, he was also an avid art collector.

15 Jun 2019

Microsoft

Want world's largest plane? It "just" costs $400 million

Stratolaunch, the world's largest plane by wingspan, is up for sale for a whopping $400 million.

14 Apr 2019

Microsoft

Stratolaunch, world's largest aircraft, nails historic first flight

In a historic feat, Stratolaunch, the largest plane in the world, has taken to the skies for the first time.

16 Oct 2018

Microsoft

Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, dies aged 65

Paul Allen, the man who started Microsoft alongside Bill Gates, has passed away at the age of 65.

The world's biggest aeroplane, Stratolaunch, will carry rockets into space

In what is possibly the most audacious flying machine ever designed, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, on August 20, unveiled Stratolaunch - the world's biggest aeroplane.

30 Jul 2018

Mumbai

This $1 billion estate is Los Angeles' most expensive ever

If you thought Ambani's 27-storey skyscraper in Mumbai was expensive, think again.

01 Jun 2017

Microsoft

Microsoft co-founder launches world's largest airplane

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has completed work on the world's largest airplane, the Stratolaunch. The beast emerged out of its California hangar for the first time on May 31.