Network origin in Paul Allen first degree
| Entity | Entity type | Industry | |
|---|---|---|---|
Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/
 Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ Investment ManagersFinance Cercano Management LLC /Private Equity/ (Cercano Management) is a venture capital subsidiary of Cercano Management LLC, founded in 1986 by Paul Gardner Allen. The firm is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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| Subsidiary | Investment Managers | 48 |
| Subsidiary | Movies/Entertainment | 22 | |
| Public Company | Packaged Software | 13 | |
Charter Communications Holdings LLC
 Charter Communications Holdings LLC Cable/Satellite TVConsumer Services Charter Communications Holdings LLC engages in the provision of cable telecommunication services. It offers cable video programming, high-speed Internet access, telephone, broadband, high definition television, and digital video recording services. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Jefferson City, MO.
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| Subsidiary | Cable/Satellite TV | 7 |
The Allen Institute for Brain Science
 The Allen Institute for Brain Science Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services The Allen Institute for Brain Science operates as a bioscience research organization, dedicated to accelerating research globally and sharing that data within the science community. The company was founded by Paul Gardner Allen and Jody Allen Patton in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.
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| Non-Profit Organization | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | 6 |
First & Goal, Inc.
 First & Goal, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services First & Goal, Inc. operates qwest field and qwest field events center. Its events center host's soccer games, car shows, trade shows and holiday events games. The company was founded in 1997 by Paul Gardner Allen and is headquartered in Seattle, WA
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| Private Company | Movies/Entertainment | 2 |
EMP Museum
 EMP Museum Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services EMP Museum owns and operates a museum of music exhibits. It provides biographies of pop music stars with audios and videos. The company was founded by Paul Gardner Allen, Jody Allen Patton and Frank O. Gehry in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.
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| Non-Profit Organization | Other Consumer Services | 1 |
Chart of Companies connected to the second degree
Multi-company connection
Companies connected to Paul Allen via their personal network
| Company | Sector | Related people | Main position |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALT DISNEY COMPANY (THE) | Movies/Entertainment | Director of Finance/CFO General Counsel Treasurer | |
| PEPSICO, INC. | Food: Specialty/Candy | Director of Finance/CFO Chief Executive Officer | |
| STARBUCKS CORPORATION | Restaurants | Founder Director/Board Member Chairman | |
Tektronix, Inc.
 Tektronix, Inc. Electronic Equipment/InstrumentsElectronic Technology Tektronix, Inc. provides test, measurement and monitoring solutions. It provides services for the communications, computer, semiconductor industries, as well as for the military, aerospace, consumer electronics and education sectors. The firm also assists its clients in designing, building, deploying and managing global communications networks, computing and advanced technologies. The company was founded by Melvin Jack Murdock, Glenn Leland, Miles Tippery and Charles Howard Vollum in 1946 and is headquartered in Beaverton, OR. | Electronic Equipment/Instruments | Corporate Officer/Principal Public Communications Contact | |
Payden & Rygel
 Payden & Rygel Investment ManagersFinance Payden & Rygel is a privately-owned, registered investment adviser headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The firm was founded by Joan Payden in 1983. They provide a full range of investment strategies and solutions to institutions and individual investors. | Investment Managers | Chief Investment Officer Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| CALPINE CORPORATION | Electric Utilities | President Director/Board Member | |
Advanced Digital Information Corp.
 Advanced Digital Information Corp. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Advanced Digital Information Corp. provides automated tape libraries. It also provides tape drives to back up and archive electronic data. The company designs, markets, sells and supports hardware and software products that helps businesses and governmental organizations to store, manage, access and protect large-scale data. Advanced Digital Information is headquartered in Redmond, WA. | Computer Peripherals | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
 Lazard Frères & Co. LLC Investment ManagersFinance Lazard Freres & Co. LLC provides corporate advisory, capital market, and asset management services. The company was founded on April 13, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY. | Investment Managers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE, L.P. | Oil & Gas Pipelines | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker)
 Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Broker) (CGMI-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., an investment bank headquartered in New York City with additional offices across the US. The firm was founded in 2004 and is a subsidiary of Citigroup Financial Products, Inc., ultimately held by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C). CGMI-Broker covers all market capitalizations of the major global indices and provides macro and quantitative analysis of global markets and sector trends. Their core focus of the group is to help investing clients make informed decisions by providing value-added, independent, insightful analysis. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Analyst-Equity Analyst-Equity | |
Bocada LLC
 Bocada LLC Data Processing ServicesTechnology Services Bocada LLC provides backup reporting and oversight services. The firm serves healthcare, financial, cloud backup and public sectors. The company was founded by Mark Silverman and Cory Bear in 1999 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA. | Data Processing Services | Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal | |
FastStart Real Estate Services Holdco, Inc.
 FastStart Real Estate Services Holdco, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services FastStart Real Estate Services Holdco, Inc. provides marketing and technology solutions to the real estate industry. Its customers include individual agents and brokerage offices to which they market its services, both directly and in marketing partnerships with real estate franchise networks. The company was founded on May 28, 1999 and is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. | Packaged Software | Chairman Chairman | |
Insitu, Inc.
 Insitu, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Insitu, Inc. designs, develops, and produces unmanned aircraft systems. It offers miniature aircraft for offshore weather reconnaissance and unmanned aerial vehicles and tools for commercial and defense reconnaissance purposes. The firm's technologies can be applied to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts in the defense sector, as well as the civil and commercial industries, such as environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, search-and-rescue, disaster relief, and mining operations. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bingen, WA. | Aerospace & Defense | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Modumetal, Inc.
 Modumetal, Inc. Other Metals/MineralsNon-Energy Minerals Modumetal, Inc. manufactures nanolaminated metals with applications across a range of industries including energy, aerospace, automotive, and construction. Its products include corrosion resistant, structural, thermal barrier, and custom alloys. The company was founded by Christina Ann Lomasney and John David Whitaker in 2006 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Other Metals/Minerals | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Director/Board Member Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree | |
Duke University
 Duke University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Harvard University
 Harvard University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Harvard University engages in the provision of teaching and research. It has twelve degree-granting Schools in addition to the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, offering a global education. The university was founded in 1636 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Stanford University | College/University | Masters Business Admin Director/Board Member Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Director/Board Member Graduate Degree Graduate Degree | |
University of Washington
 University of Washington Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services University of Washington functions as a College/University. The company is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | College/University | Masters Business Admin Corporate Officer/Principal Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree Corporate Officer/Principal Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree | |
| University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC
 Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Financial ConglomeratesFinance Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis. | Financial Conglomerates | Corporate Officer/Principal Analyst-Equity Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
University of Southern California
 University of Southern California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. | College/University | Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Digeo, Inc.
 Digeo, Inc. Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Digeo, Inc. provides media software and services for cable operators. Its services include channel guides and on-demand content. The company also develops moxi media center an entertainment system that combines the features of a cable set-top box, DSL modem, CD player, DVD player, and digital video recorder. Digeo was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Kirkland, WA. | Movies/Entertainment | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Vulcan, Inc.
 Vulcan, Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Vulcan, Inc. engages in cable TV and telecommunications, sports, technology, aerospace, entertainment, biotechnology, oil, and real estate business through its subsidiaries. The company provides private equity investment services. The company was founded by Paul Gardner Allen and Jo Allen Patton in 1986 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Financial Conglomerates | Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal Chief Investment Officer Private Equity Investor | |
Scytl Secure Electronic Voting SA
 Scytl Secure Electronic Voting SA Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Scytl Secure Electronic Voting SA provides electronic and online voting, election management and election modernization solutions. It offers election training, online voter registration, candidate management, electronic ballot delivery and results consolidation. The company was founded by Jorba Andreu Riera and Carles Rovira in 2001 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain. | Information Technology Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Vulcan Energy Corp.
 Vulcan Energy Corp. Oil & Gas ProductionEnergy Minerals Vulcan Energy Corp. engages in the provision of upstream and midstream oil and gas services. It operates crude oil and natural gas wells. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX. | Oil & Gas Production | Chairman Chairman Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
DW Studios LLC
 DW Studios LLC Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services DW Studios LLC is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming. The company was founded by Steven Allen Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen in 1994 and is headquartered in Universal City, CA. | Movies/Entertainment | Director/Board Member Founder Sales & Marketing Corporate Officer/Principal General Counsel Founder Corporate Officer/Principal General Counsel Director of Finance/CFO Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
| The University of Chicago | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Corporate Officer/Principal Masters Business Admin | |
Cornell University
 Cornell University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Cornell University is an educational institution that offers undergraduate and post graduate programs. It was founded in 1865 and is based in Ithaca, NY. | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| New York University | College/University | Graduate Degree Masters Business Admin | |
| Princeton University | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Director/Board Member Undergraduate Degree Doctorate Degree | |
| University of California, Berkeley | College/University | Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
University of Minnesota
 University of Minnesota Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Digi-Key Corp. distributes electronic components. It also distributes semiconductors, discrete, electromechanical parts. Its products include audio products, batteries, cable assemblies, capacitors, computer & video accessories, connectors, crystals & oscillators, discrete semiconductor products and many more. The company was founded by Ronald A. Stordahl in 1972 and is headquartered in Thief River Falls, MN. | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
| Georgetown University | College/University | Graduate Degree Undergraduate Degree | |
Seattle Seahawks
 Seattle Seahawks Movies/EntertainmentConsumer Services Seattle Seahawks operates as a professional American football team. The team is part of the West Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The company handles football operations, brand development and advertising. The company was founded in September 1976 and is headquartered in Renton, WA. | Movies/Entertainment | Director/Board Member Corporate Officer/Principal Chief Operating Officer | |
| American Film Institute, Inc. | College/University | Corporate Officer/Principal Director/Board Member | |
Long Live the Kings
 Long Live the Kings Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Long Live the Kings restores wild salmon and steelhead to the waters of the Pacific Northwest and support sustainable fisheries. It helps those who make decisions about salmon by pursuing projects and partnerships that compel scientifically-credible and transparent changes to harvest, hatchery, and habitat management to protect and restore wild salmon. The company was founded by Jim Youngren in 1986 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA. | Miscellaneous Commercial Services | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
| The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | College/University | Masters Business Admin Undergraduate Degree Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
| Harvard Business School | College/University | Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin Masters Business Admin | |
Plains All American GP LLC
 Plains All American GP LLC Oil & Gas PipelinesIndustrial Services Plains All American GP LLC transports, markets, and stores crude oil, refined products and liquefied petroleum gas, and other natural gas related petroleum products. It also develops and operates natural gas storage facilities. The company was founded on June 28, 2001 and is headquartered in Houston, TX. | Oil & Gas Pipelines | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | |
Purple Tag Originals LLC
 Purple Tag Originals LLC Internet Software/ServicesTechnology Services Purple Tag Originals LLC is an entertainment media company, which engages in the provision of storytelling by using phone technology. It offers content in three categories: movies told in chapters, daily essentials and episodic shows covering genres such as food, sports documentaries, news and unscripted content. The company was founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. | Internet Software/Services | Chief Executive Officer Director/Board Member Founder | |
UBS Investment Bank (US)
 UBS Investment Bank (US) Investment Banks/BrokersFinance UBS Investment Bank provides investment banking and securities brokerage services. Its clients include institutional and corporate clients, intermediaries, governments, and hedge funds. The firm also provides merger and acquisition advisory, private placement, investment research, foreign exchange, equity, and leverage finance advisory services. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. | Investment Banks/Brokers | Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal Corporate Officer/Principal | |
Wndrco Holdings LLC
 Wndrco Holdings LLC Investment ManagersFinance WndrCo Holdings LLC (WndrCo) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Sujay Jaswa and Jeffrey Katzenberg. The firm is headquartered in Redwood City, California. | Investment Managers | Private Equity Investor Private Equity Investor | |
| Washington Software Association | Director/Board Member Director/Board Member | ||
| INFORMATICA INC. | Packaged Software | Chairman Director/Board Member |
Statistics
International
| United States | 49 |
| Spain | 2 |
Sectoral
| Consumer Services | 25 |
| Finance | 10 |
| Technology Services | 6 |
| Electronic Technology | 4 |
| Industrial Services | 3 |
Operational
| Director/Board Member | 387 |
| Corporate Officer/Principal | 200 |
| Undergraduate Degree | 91 |
| Chairman | 88 |
| Private Equity Investor | 71 |
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| Insiders | |
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| Mellody Hobson | 33 |
| Christopher Temple | 32 |
| Meg Whitman | 30 |
| Jeffrey Katzenberg | 26 |
| W. Conn | 26 |
| Bruce Chizen | 24 |
| Karl M. von der Heyden | 23 |
| Kristina Leslie | 22 |
| Marc Nathanson | 21 |
| Kornelis Smit | 21 |
| Lewis Coleman | 20 |
| Pete Higgins | 19 |
| Dave Marquardt | 19 |
| David Merritt | 18 |
| Roger A. Enrico | 18 |
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