Jody Allen
Sign in to saveJo Lynn "Jody" Allen is an American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She is the younger sister of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and served as the chief executive officer of his investment and project management company, Vulcan Inc., from its founding in 1986 until 2015. She is also the co-founder and president of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
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Jody Allen is an American businessperson, executive producer, and philanthropist. Born in 1955, she is the sister of Paul Allen. She was educated at Whitman College and resides in Mercer Island. Her professional affiliations include employment at Vulcan Inc.
Allen is also an author with six works listed in the Open Library. Her notable publications include $50 Weekly Shop, Earn at Home Mum, Once a Month Cooking, $50 Weekly Shop Weekday Dinners, and $50 Shop. Additionally, her works are referenced by 170 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1955-01-01
- Works
- 6
Top works
- $50 Weekly Shop
- Earn at Home Mum
- Once a Month Cooking
- $50 Weekly Shop Weekday Dinners
- $50 Shop
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1985-05-02
Discography
- Smile2006
- Alright, Still2006
- LDN2006
- Littlest Things2006
- U Killed It2006
- Alfie2007
- Shame for You2007
- Alfie2007
- Oh My God2007
- Drivin’ Me Wild2007
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age
· 2015 · cited 11,836x
- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,371x
- Use of Ranks in One-Criterion Variance Analysis
· 1952 · cited 10,485x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,170x
via Crossref · CC0
Wikipedia views (30d)
9,571 totalvia Wikimedia Pageviews API
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1955
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Allen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Sibling
- Paul Allen
- Occupation
- philanthropist
- Educated at
- Whitman College
- Employer
- Vulcan Inc.
- Image
- Jody Allen 2026.jpg
- Residence
- Mercer Island
Show 1 more fact
- date of birth
- 1955-01-01
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Jo Lynn "Jody" Allen (born February 3, 1959) is an American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She is the younger sister of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and served as the chief executive officer of his investment and project management company, Vulcan Inc., from its founding in 1986 until 2015. She is also the co-founder and president of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Following the death of her brother in October 2018, Allen was named executor and trustee of his estate, pursuant to his instructions, giving her responsibility for overseeing the execution of his will and settling his affairs with tax authorities and parties with an interest in his projects. Among some of the properties she took control of upon his death were the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL), the Octopus super-yacht, and the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), along with minority ownership of the Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS).
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