Paul Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates
in 1975, has been diagnosed with cancer, according toUS reports.
Allen left Microsoft in 1983 and is the founder and chairman of
Vulcan and the chairman of Charter Communications.
He has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, said reports citing a letter to
employees of Vulcan from Allen's sister and chief executive of the
company, Jody Allen.
She said her brother had started chemotherapy after being
diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma earlier in the
month.
"Paul is feeling OK and remains upbeat. He continues to work and
he has no plans to change his role at Vulcan," she said.
Allen survived an earlier bout of cancer 25 years ago, his
sister said.
