Martin Allen (entrepreneur)

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Martin A. Allen (1931–2009) was the chairman,[1] co-founder,[2] president,[3] and largest individual stockholder (2,272,866 shares) of Computervision Corp. Its first product, CADDS-1, was aimed at the printed circuit layout, and 2-D drafting markets.

Career

Computervision Corp.

Martin (Marty) A. Allen co-founded Computervision Corp. in 1969 with Philippe Villers in Boston, MA. In 1980 he led an effort to create the first Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), build to handle 2-D and 3-D modeling.[4]

Retirement

Allen netted $34 million when, at age 57, he sold Computervision Corp. to Prime Computer Inc. on 29 January 1988.[5][6]

Early life and education

Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Allen was raised in California.[7] He attended the University of California, Berkeley and obtained a degree in engineering.[7]

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