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Paul Allen, Microsoft Co-Founder, Writes a Bitter Book About Bill Gates

Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates, but quit the company after only eight years. He walked away with enough stock to become a billionaire, but now he’s claiming Gates swindled him out of his due. Dan Lyons on what Allen has done with his barely-earned fortune, and how he became a sulky, bitter man.

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. (Elaine Thompson / AP Photo)

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