Microsoft co-founder ill

Seattle, Nov. 17: Microsoft Corp. co-founder and billionaire investor Paul Allen has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is undergoing chemotherapy. In a memo sent to employees, Jody Allen, Paul Allen’s sister and the CEO of his investment firm Vulcan Inc., said the 56-year-old received the diagnosis early this month. According to the memo, Paul Allen has diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Allen battled another form of immune system cancer, Hodgkin's lymphoma, more than 20 years ago and survived. Allen “is optimistic he can beat this, too”.