Paul Allen Biography

Paul is a mission-driven entrepreneur tech visionary and has founded 8 companies in his 29-year career in tech. He is best known for co-founding Ancestry.com in 1997. He was its original CEO and he created the content subscription business model and marketing strategies. He served in many executive roles as Ancestry became the leading genealogy company in the world. From 2012-2017 Paul was Global Strengths Evangelist for Gallup helping lead a worldwide movement to bring strengths psychology into schools and workplaces. The StrengthsFinder 2.0 customer base grew from 7 million to 16 million during that time. Paul taught entrepreneurship and marketing at the university level for 4 years. He serves on the National Advisory Board for the Utah Valley University School of Business. He is a director of the Human Justice Foundation which aims to change the emphasis in the criminal justice system from punishment and retribution to compassion and rehabilitation. Paul has travelled extensively and has spoken around the world about how to unlock potential in individuals and build positive strengths-based cultures.

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