By his early thirties, Paul Allen was a world-famous billionaire-and that was just the beginning.

In 2007 and 2008, Time named Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft, one of the hundred most influential people in the world. Since he made his fortune, his impact has been felt in science, technology, business, medicine, sports, music, and philanthropy. His passion, curiosity, and intellectual rigor-combined with the resources to launch and support new initiatives-have literally changed the world.

In 2009 Allen discovered that he had lymphoma, lending urgency to his desire to share his story for the first time. In this long-awaited memoir, Allen explains how he has solved problems, what he's learned from his many endeavors-both the triumphs and the failures-and his compelling vision for the future. He reflects candidly on an extraordinary life.

The book also features previously untold stories about everything from the true origins of Microsoft to Allen's role in the dawn of private space travel (with SpaceShipOne) and in discoveries at the frontiers of brain science. With honesty, humor, and insight, Allen tells the story of a life of ideas made real.

作者：(美國)保羅•艾倫 譯者：吳果錦

保羅•艾倫，微軟聯閤創始人，比爾•蓋茨最糾纏不清的黃金拍檔，最有型的NBA球隊老闆，搖滾樂隊主唱兼吉他手……1953年生於華盛頓州西雅圖，曾就讀於西雅圖一傢著名的私立學校湖畔中學，在這裏他遇到瞭比他小2級但對計算機同樣癡迷的比爾•蓋茨，從此開始瞭兩人愛恨情仇數不盡的人生，並開創瞭一個時代。

他們一起獨占瞭湖岸中學的唯一一颱微型計算機，通宵達旦編程，艾倫將編寫商業軟件的夢想藍圖描繪給蓋茨，兩個人一拍即閤、為成為IT史上的明星先後輟學，1975年共同創立瞭微軟公司。雖然微軟的股票讓艾倫在34歲就成為億萬富豪，但在公眾眼裏，他隻能是世界首富背後的男人。當年艾倫也絕對想不到，當他們的分歧越來越多，蓋茨會想盡辦法將他驅逐齣權力核心層。但這都不是最重要得瞭吧。1982年保羅·艾倫拿到自己罹患癌癥的診斷書，轉而投身他熱愛的其他夢想。

離開比爾蓋茨的保羅•艾倫，卻活得更精彩。他是動漫迷們最愛的夢工廠的大股東。是西雅圖海鷹和NBA的波特蘭開拓者的老闆。玩搖滾，玩航海，玩太空，玩冒險。即使罹患癌癥，他卻玩得不亦樂乎，完全忘掉病魔的威脅。他的妹妹硃迪•艾倫稱哥哥“感覺不錯，樂觀依舊”——豈止是感覺不錯，他比任何人都要更享受這人生！

保羅•艾倫——世界首富背後的男人，卻是世界上擁有最完美人生的人：他實現瞭他所有的夢想！

保羅•艾倫現居住在美國華盛頓州的Mercer島。