Primary Job Title Founder & CEO Primary Organization Soar
Location Provo, Utah, United States Regions Western US Gender Male
Website www.paulallen.net/ Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Paul Allen has founded several companies in the consumer content and social space. He is currently Founder & CEO of Soar.
He was the Founder and CEO of Ancestry.com in 1997. He also launched MyFamily.com in 1998, which became the fastest growing community site of its time. After an initial stint as CEO, Allen focused on internet marketing and
strategy for several years, helping Ancestry.com become one of the leading content subscription sites in the world.
In 2002, Allen founded 10x Marketing, an internet marketing agency that was sold to Innuity in 2005. In 2004, he started FundingUniverse.com, a fast-growing company that helps entrepreneurs through venture consulting. Since 2007, he has been 100% focused on his new company, FamilyLink.com.
He graduated from BYU with a degree in Russian in 1990. He is suffering from a serious addiction to his Blackberry, iPhone and Amazon Kindle.
