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I wrote the first line of code for Microsoft. Then I left at 30 with cancer. Life doesn't care about your business plan.
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I funded SpaceShipOne because I wanted to prove that private citizens, not just governments, could reach space. We proved it.
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Mapping the human brain is the most important scientific project of our century. I put a billion dollars behind that belief.
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Bill and I built Microsoft together. Then things got complicated. But the code we wrote changed the world, and that matters more than any disagreement.
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I own the Seahawks, the Trail Blazers, and one of the world's largest yachts. But the Allen Institute will outlast all of them.