13 Facts About Vulcan Inc

Vulcan Inc 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.

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

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

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

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

In September 2014, Vulcan 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.

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

Vulcan Spectrum, a branch of Vulcan Inc, participated in the United States 2008 wireless spectrum auction, and paid for "A Block" spectrum in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton area, and for "A Block" spectrum in Portland-Salem.

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

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

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

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