SEATTLE, July 16 (UPI) -- Paul Allen, co-founder of U.S.-based Microsoft Corp., says he plans to give more than half his estimated $13.5 billion fortune to charity.
Allen joins other wealthy philanthropists making public commitments to donate at the urging of Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, whose The Giving Pledge campaign seeks to persuade U.S. billionaires to donate half their fortunes to charity, The New York Times reported Friday.