{"id":55180,"date":"2018-10-16T02:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T02:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/?p=422751"},"modified":"2018-10-16T02:12:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T02:12:00","slug":"microsoft-mourns-the-passing-of-co-founder-paul-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/10\/16\/microsoft-mourns-the-passing-of-co-founder-paul-allen\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft mourns the passing of co-founder Paul Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/microsoft-mourns-the-passing-of-co-founder-paul-allen.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Microsoft is mourning the passing of Paul Allen, a renowned philanthropist and business leader who co-founded the company more than four decades ago. He was 65.<\/p>\n<p>Allen died Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma, according to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulcan.com\/News\/Articles\/2018\/Statement-on-Paul-G-Allen\">statement<\/a> from Vulcan Inc. on behalf of the Allen family, Vulcan Inc. and the Paul G. Allen Network.<\/p>\n<p>In a written statement, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella noted Allen\u2019s huge impact on technology and much more:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul Allen\u2019s contributions to our company, our industry and to our community are indispensable. As co-founder of Microsoft, in his own quiet and persistent way, he created magical products, experiences and institutions, and in doing so, he changed the world. I have learned so much from him \u2013 his inquisitiveness, curiosity and push for high standards are something that will continue to inspire me and all of us at Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hearts are with Paul\u2019s family and loved ones. Rest in peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An archival photo of Allen can be downloaded <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/uploads\/prod\/2018\/10\/Paul-Allen-1.jpg\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is mourning the passing of Paul Allen, a renowned philanthropist and business leader who co-founded the company more than four decades ago. He was 65. Allen died Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin\u2019s lymphoma, according to a statement from Vulcan Inc. on behalf of the Allen family, Vulcan Inc. and the Paul G. Allen Network. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[354,50],"class_list":["post-55180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-microsoft-news","tag-paul-allen","tag-recent-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}