Park Life 71 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Paul Allen - Microsoft co-founder and owner of 3 US sports teams We have no idea, and things are being kept very secretive but one person who maybe interested in acquiring an English club is Paul Allen – the co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates. Currently Allen is the founder and chairman of Vulcan Inc., which is his private asset management company, and is chairman of Charter Communications. Allen also has a multi-billion dollar investment portfolio which includes stakes in Digeo, real estate holdings, and more than 40 other technology, media, and content companies. Allen co-founded Microsoft (initially called "Micro-Soft") with Bill Gates in Albuquerque, New Mexico back in 1975. The company first came to prominence in 1981 when IBM used them as the software in their first IBM PC. Allen didn't hang around for too long at Microsoft after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease in 1983. His cancer was successfully treated by several months of radiation therapy and a bone marrow transplant, but he elected not to return to the Seattle based software giant. Allen officially resigned from his position on the Microsoft board in November 2000 but was asked to consult as a senior strategy advisor to the company's executives. In 2000 he sold 68M shares of Microsoft stock and he still owns a reported 138M shares. They will be worth about $3.1B t yesterday's closing price of $23.68 for Microsoft (MSFT) stock. But the thing about Paul is that he is very interested in Sports and already has three American Sports teams: Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association Seattle Sounders FC franchise in Major League Soccer that began playing only this season But quite a few Americans are interested in quickly getting on the band wagon of world football – or soccer as they call it over here - to differentiate it from American Football. Paul may see buying Newcastle at a knock down £100M ($162M) a good deal, with the plan to get them quickly back into the Premier League. If Paul did happen to buy Newcastle he could use the Seattle Sounders as a feeder team for the club. There will be more and more Americans playing Association Football in the years ahead, as the youngsters see the excitement and passion, not to mention the money, generated by world football. According to Forbes Allen is the 32nd richest person in the world, worth about $10.5B (£6.5B) right now - and that is down from $16B a year ago. Another American rumored to be interested is Larry Ellison, CEO and co-founder of Oracle and a former IBMer would you believe. He 's currently listed on the Forbes list of billionaires as the 4th richest person in the world as of March 11, 2009 - worth around $22.5B (£13.9B) Currently he's getting ready to challenge for the Americas Cup in sailing. Hopefully we'll know shortly who the winner and new owners are." Is this bloke some kind of nutcase? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6576 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Where've you dug this bullshit up from Parky? And I thought Paul Allen still suffered from Hodgkins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Where've you dug this bullshit up from Parky? And I thought Paul Allen still suffered from Hodgkins? I reckon he must be suffering. Nufcblog innit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14000 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 We should ban NUFCblog content. Full of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6576 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Where've you dug this bullshit up from Parky? And I thought Paul Allen still suffered from Hodgkins? I reckon he must be suffering. Nufcblog innit. Says a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 We should ban NUFCblog content. Full of shit. You never know Tom, looking at our track record it could literally be anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Do you reckon, despite being co-founders of Microsoft and IBM that Ashley would still insist on seeing their bank statements before being given access to the books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Do you reckon, despite being co-founders of Microsoft and IBM that Ashley would still insist on seeing their bank statements before being given access to the books? Reckon his first stunt would be to double the price and then put on that daft punchable grin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 16505 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Paul Allen has been linked with a takeover at Southampton for years...he keeps a yahct at nearby Hamble apparently.....it's never happened,despite them being up for sale for most of the last 6 months, and neither will this. That bloke who runs nufcblog needs to take more water with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Paul Allen has been linked with a takeover at Southampton for years...he keeps a yahct at nearby Hamble apparently.....it's never happened,despite them being up for sale for most of the last 6 months, and neither will this. That bloke who runs nufcblog needs to take more water with it I find his madness quite uplifting at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6576 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Paul Allen has been linked with a takeover at Southampton for years...he keeps a yahct at nearby Hamble apparently.....it's never happened,despite them being up for sale for most of the last 6 months, and neither will this. That bloke who runs nufcblog needs to take more water with it He needs to stop notating his fucking dreams tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 This is worth about 280m... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 172 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 it beats lazy "cut and paste" journalism I guess, just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 it beats lazy "cut and paste" journalism I guess, just. Think he's just in the getting hits game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10422 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Parky is an Equal Opportunities distributor of lunacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted June 18, 2009 Author Share Posted June 18, 2009 Parky is an Equal Opportunities distributor of lunacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14000 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 I think we have had an overdose recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21283 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 i'd like warren buffet to takeover newcastle. i know, i think i'll pen a blog on it. fuckwit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2884 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 If Paul did happen to buy Newcastle he could use the Seattle Sounders as a feeder team for the club. EADIAF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 This is worth about 280m... saw it parked in Darwin a couple of years back - he'd sent it there so he could jet in and go fishing.................. my sort of millionaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 29479 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Dirty, dirty money. [/Fop] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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