The first in-depth look at one of the world's richest-and most
secretive-businessmenThough his wealth is certainly no secret, the world's
fourth richest man remains an enigma. Paul Allen made his fortune as Bill
Gates's partner in Microsoft, supplemented it with questionable, though often
profitable, venture capital schemes, and has since invested his wealth in a
widely divergent list of interests. He owns the NBA's Portland Trailblazers and
the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. Among hundreds of smaller ventures, he is a primary
stakeholder in the film production company DreamWorks SKG and formerly held a
large piece of the widely despised Ticketmaster monopoly. Dubbed the "Accidental
Zillionaire" by Wired magazine, Allen