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Paul Allen’s rocket-launching plane is the biggest in the world — here is how...
The Stratolaunch plane is now the biggest in the world. Owned by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, its 385-foot wingspan bests the next biggest, Ukraine’s Antonov An-225 at 290 feet.The 500,000-pound...
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Billionaire Clippers owner Steve Ballmer shares 3 key traits you need to have...
Luck is a crucial key to success, according to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But you also have to put yourself in a position to become lucky.In an interview for Business Insider's podcast,...
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The weird and wild ways Microsoft's first employees spent the millions they made
For those lucky enough to hitch their wagons to Microsoft early on in its meteoric rise to the top of the computing market, the payoff was huge.Some analysts estimate that thanks to the stock options...
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Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates live less than 1 mile from each other — here's...
Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates are the two richest people in the world.Bezos and Gates, both founders of massive tech companies, own homes less than one mile from each other in Medina, Washington.At least...
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Music icon Quincy Jones says Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen can play guitar...
Quincy Jones said in an interview with Vulture that Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen can sing and play guitar "just like" rock legend Jimi Hendrix.Jones also called The Beatles "the worst musicians in...
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Inside the world's largest plane, which has a wingspan longer than a football...
The Stratolaunch is the world's largest aircraft.Its 385-foot wingspan is longer than a football field.The aircraft recently completed a runway test in anticipation of its debut flight, which is...
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The cofounder of Microsoft found the wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was...
A search team led by Paul Allen has found the wreckage of the USS Lexington.Allen is the billionaire cofounder of Microsoft.The USS Lexington sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942.A...
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23 lesser-known cofounders of the biggest tech companies, and where they are now
When a tech company reaches a certain level of success, the names of the founders often become synonymous with the brand they create. At least, that's the case with founders who are the "face" of the...
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Microsoft's billionaire co-founder just sold a painting for a cool $35...
Art Basel Hong Kong is the premier art fair in Asia for millionaire and billionaire collectors to buy and sell art.China is now the second biggest art market in the world, after the United States.Art...
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Bill Hilf, a former big gun at Microsoft and HP, is back and working for Paul...
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has hired Bill Hilf as the new CEO of Allen's company, Vulcan.Vulcan is an odd mix of a company, part commercial (investing in things like real estate), part...
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Check out Donald Trump's $100 million personal Boeing airliner
As Donald Trump's improbable campaign for the White House winds down, the controversial billionaire will jet to New York on Tuesday where he will await the results of this historic election. Unlike...
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This Bill Gates-backed startup says it just knocked down one of the last...
Echodyne, a radar array startup with investors including Bill Gates, his Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital, and Seattle's own Madrona Ventures, just made what the company considers a...
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Where are the first 11 Microsoft employees today? (MSFT)
More than just a ragtag group of bearded weirdos assembled for a family portrait in Albuquerque, this gaggle of amazingly retro folks is responsible for creating Microsoft.Maybe you spotted a...
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Check out the Boeing airliner President Trump is trading in for Air Force One...
Donald Trump is officially America's 45th president. He is also the first president for whom the VC-25As that serve as Air Force One will not be his first personal Boeing airliner."Trump Force One"— as...
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Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen just unveiled the world's biggest ever plane
Forget the Airbus A380: the giant passenger plane is a mere sparrow compared with the world's largest plane, a monster-sized, dual-hulled aircraft which measures 385ft from wingtip to wingtip.The...
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A company owned by Microsoft's cofounder just unveiled the biggest plane in...
For decades, Ukraine's Antonov An-225 has reigned supreme as the largest plane in the world.That is, until now.On Wednesday, Stratolaunch rolled its low-orbit-launch aircraft out of the company's...
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See the world's biggest airplane roll out for the first time
What's longer than a football field, heavier than a blue whale and powered by six Boeing 747 engines? The Stratolaunch, a rocket-launching airplane that left its hangar for the first time on May 31.The...
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Paul Allen’s rocket-launching plane is the biggest in the world — here is how...
The Stratolaunch plane is now the biggest in the world. Owned by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen, its 385-foot wingspan bests the next biggest, Ukraine’s Antonov An-225 at 290 feet.The 500,000-pound...
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Billionaire Clippers owner Steve Ballmer shares 3 key traits you need to have...
Luck is a crucial key to success, according to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. But you also have to put yourself in a position to become lucky.In an interview for Business Insider's podcast,...
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? What happened to the people in Microsoft's iconic 1978...
It's one of the most iconic photos in American business.A ragtag group assembled for a family portrait in Albuquerque.If you see it on Facebook or LinkedIn, there's usually a question above the photo:...
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