https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-paulallen-obituary/microsoft-co-founder-paul-allen-dies-of-cancer-complications-at-65-idUSKCN1MP2NN >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.