Vulcan Inc.
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- This is not to be confused with the Konami game Vulcan Venture, also known as Gradius II.
Vulcan Inc. was founded in 1986 by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, to manage his investments. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
The following is a partial list of investments as of 2004 made by Vulcan or other entities owned by Allen.
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[edit] Media
- Charter Communications
- DreamWorks Animation SKG--Formerly owned by Vulcan, later spun off, and then sold to Viacom.
- Oxygen Network
- Rose City Radio Corporation, which owns several radio stations, including:
- KXL-AM and KXJM-FM, radio stations in Portland, Oregon
- The Sporting News and Sporting News Radio
- TechTV Formerly owned by Vulcan and later sold to Comcast.
[edit] Sport teams and venues
Allen's sports related properties are managed by a subsidiary, Vulcan Sports and Entertainment.
[edit] Museums, theatres, and galleries
- Seattle Cinerama theater
- The Hospital studios and gallery in London
- Experience Music Project
- Flying Heritage Collection
- Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
[edit] Real estate
- 505 Union Station and Union Station (Seattle)
- Sammamish Park Place
- South Lake Union
[edit] Other
- Allen Brain Atlas
- Mojave Aerospace Ventures and Tier One
- Cytokinetics
- Microsoft
- Octopus, a large yacht
- PTC Therapeutics
- Perlegen Sciences
- Project Halo
- XCyte Therapies
- Vulcan FlipStart
- Vulcan Data
