![Businessman Paul Allen arrives for the Time magazine\'s 100 most influential people gala in New York, May 8, 2008. Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. (Photo/Agencies)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/10/16/0c7b5921739740c3a6a98d2bccc7e65c.jpg)
Businessman Paul Allen arrives for the Time magazine's 100 most influential people gala in New York, May 8, 2008. Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. (Photo/Agencies)
![Paul Allen at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability annual gala celebrating Innovators for a Healthy Planet at private resident in California on March 13, 2017. Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. (Photo/Agencies)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/10/16/85890f3a53ed48cb8b4adea8c802b965.jpg)
Paul Allen at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability annual gala celebrating Innovators for a Healthy Planet at private resident in California on March 13, 2017. Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. (Photo/Agencies)
![Seattle Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (C) waves to the trading floor after ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., January 30, 2014. Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. (Photo/Agencies)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/10/16/9bf15e4c6d634de2be1a3aa4746b8a47.jpg)
Seattle Seahawks owner and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen (C) waves to the trading floor after ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, U.S., January 30, 2014. Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. (Photo/Agencies)