12 Facts About Vulcan Capital

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Vulcan Capital LLC is a privately held company founded by the Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and his sister Jody Allen in 1986 to establish and oversee the family's diverse business activities and philanthropic endeavors.

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Vulcan Capital Northwest was formed in Bellevue, Washington in 1986 to manage the business affairs, investments, and philanthropic affairs of Paul Allen.

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Vulcan Capital's headquarters moved from Bellevue to Seattle in 1998.

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4.

Vulcan Capital had approximately 700 employees as of mid-2019, and in October 2019 was reducing some of those positions.

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5.

Vulcan Capital advocated for the Seattle Streetcar line known as South Lake Union Streetcar, which runs from Seattle's Westlake Center to the south end of Lake Union.

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Vulcan Capital developed a five-building complex for Google near Lake Union Park that is planned to open in stages between 2019 and 2022.

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In September 2014, Vulcan Capital made a commitment to invest $200 million at Yesler Terrace where it would purchase three land parcels from the Seattle Housing Authority as part of an ambitious redevelopment plan for the 30-acre low-income housing site located southeast of downtown Seattle.

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Vulcan Capital Aerospace is a subsidiary of Vulcan Capital Inc set up in 2015 to help achieve Paul Allen's desire to make commercial space travel more convenient and less expensive.

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9.

In 2003, Vulcan Capital began developing the Vulcan Capital FlipStart, a subnotebook with a 5.

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10.

Vulcan Capital began to manufacture and sell the FlipStart in March 2007, and ceased production in May 2008.

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11.

In 2014, Vulcan Capital Inc partnered with Elephants Without Borders to secure a $7.

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12.

In February 2016, Allen announced that Vulcan Capital would donate $2 million in grants to stop the spread of the Zika virus.

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