Amaya Toman NgoMsombuluko, uPaul Allen, umsunguli weMicrosoft, unqotshwe umdlavuza wesikhathi eside wama-lymph nodes. U-Allen wayeneminyaka engu-65 ubudala futhi washona ngemva kwamasonto amabili eqinisekisile ukubuya kokugula okwase kuphele iminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye. Uthe yena nodokotela banethemba ngokwelashwa.
"Ngiphatheke kabi ngokudlula emhlabeni komunye wabangane bami abadala futhi engibathandayo ... Umhlaba wekhompyutha yomuntu siqu ubungeke ube khona ngaphandle kwakhe," kusho umngane ka-Allen, uzakwabo kanye nomsunguli we-Microsoft uBill Gates. U-Allen ushiye emhlabeni udadewabo, uJody, ochaze umfowabo ongasekho njengendoda ephawuleka ngayo yonke indlela. “Naphezu kokuba matasatasa, ubehlale enesikhathi nomndeni nabangane,” usho kanje esitatimendeni.
U-Paul Allen, kanye no-Bill Gates, basungula i-Microsoft ngo-1975. U-Gates wabiza u-Allen ngomlingani weqiniso nomngane othandekayo owamphelezela kusukela ebusheni bakhe eSikoleni saseLakeside, ngokusungulwa kweMicrosoft, ukuze abambisane kwezinye izinhlelo zokuphana. “Ubefanelwe isikhathi esiningi, kodwa iqhaza lakhe emhlabeni wezobuchwepheshe nokupha abantu lizohlala izizukulwane ngezizukulwane. Ngizomkhumbula kakhulu,” kusho uGates.
Igalari yezithombe
Nakuba u-Allen eshiye i-Microsoft ngemva kokutholakala enesifo esiyingozi, wakwazi ukuselapha okwesikhashana, ngakho wabuya njengonxiwankulu enkampanini yakhe yokutshala imali i-Vulcan, ayisungula ngo-1986. U-Allen watshala imali, isibonelo, ekuqaliseni uhlelo lokusebenza lweselula i-ARO. USaga, owasungula i-Interval Research Corporation ngo-1992, watshala izigidi ezingu-243 zamaRandi ukuze athenge u-80% weTicketmaster ngonyaka olandelayo. Wayenguye yedwa umtshali-zimali ku-SpaceShipOne, futhi watshala imali ocwaningweni lwezokwelapha. U-Allen uphinde abe ngumlandeli omkhulu wezemidlalo, eseqenjini le-basketball lasePortland Trail Blazers kanye neqembu lebhola lezinyawo iSeattle Seahawks, eliwine iSuperbowl ka-2013.
Ukushona kuka-Allen kuqinisekiswe ngoMsombuluko yinkampani yakhe, iVenture: "Izigidi zabantu zathintwa umusa wakhe, ukuphishekela izwe elingcono, kanye nomfutho wakhe wokufeza okuningi ayengakwenza ngesikhathi asinikwa," isikhulu esiphezulu seVulcan uBill Hilf. kusho isitatimende. Ngo-2010, u-Allen uzwakalise isifiso sokunikela ngengcebo yakhe enkulu ekusizeni ngemva kokushona kwakhe.
Umthombo: BBC
