Tag: Paul Allen
‘World’s biggest plane’ Stratolaunch completes first flight
A giant aircraft with the world’s longest wingspan has landed after its first ever flight. The twin-fuselage Stratolaunch jet landed two hours after taking off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California. The company said the jet hit altitudes of up to 17,000 feet above the Mojave Desert while performance and handling qualities were…
The 10 Richest People In Tech – Zuckerberg, Gates, Dell and more!
As if the fact was ever in any doubt, there's plenty of green to be made in technology, as proved by the stratospheric heights hit by the Facebook IPO, seeing the company valued at $104 billion. From bedroom start-up to…
Microsoft's Paul Allen: Working with Bill Gates was like "being in hell"
Paul Allen, the billionaire co-founder of Microsoft is quite the eccentric, often compared to the reclusive Howard Hughes. His enormous wealth has funded no end of bachelor fantasies (including owning his own private space rocket and jamming with the Rolling…
