‘I will miss him tremendously’: Bill Gates remembers Paul Allen in heartfelt note

After the demise of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen two days ago, people from across the world have been sharing their grief. Recently, Bill Gates who started the company with Allen has expressed his sorrows in a heartfelt note stating that ‘I’ll miss him tremendously’.

Two days ago on October 15, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen who founded the company with Bill Gates back in 1975 passed away at the age of 65 after battling with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Gates though paid his regards for the deceased, but has now published his detailed thoughts about his life with ‘one of his oldest friends and the first business partner’ he ever had and how he changed Gates’ life.

In his blog post, Gates stated, “When I think about Paul, I remember a passionate man who held his family and friends dear. I also remember a brilliant technologist and philanthropist who wanted to accomplish great things, and did.”

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Gates recounted the time when the two first met and shared their love for computers and spent their free time by ‘messing around with any computer we could get our hands on’. Gates explained how Allen saw the future of computer even before they were made cool. Gates credited Allen by saying that Microsoft wouldn’t have ever happened without him.

“I met Paul when I was in 7th grade, and it changed my life,” Gates wrote. “I looked up to him right away. He was two years ahead of me in school, really tall, and proved to be a genius with computers. (Later, he also had a very cool beard, which I could never pull off.)”

“Paul foresaw that computers would change the world. Even in high school, before any of us knew what a personal computer was, he was predicting that computer chips would get super-powerful and would eventually give rise to a whole new industry. That insight of his was the cornerstone of everything we did together.”

Gates detailed more about Allen’s life, his interests and his character. He expressed his sorrow over the loss saying, “He loved life and the people around him, and it showed. Paul deserved more time in life. He would have made the most of it. I will miss him tremendously.”

According to The Verge, Allen was not only known for co-founding tech giant Microsoft. He was also widely popular a giant of business, sports and his philanthropic work long after bidding goodbye to Microsoft in 1983.