Martin Allen (financier)
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Martin Allen was the chairman,[1] co-founder[2] 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.
Allen netted $34 million when, at age 57, he sold the company to Prime Computer Inc. on 29 January 1988.[3]
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- ^ McClellan, Stephen T. (1984). The coming computer industry shakeout : winners, losers, and survivors. New York: Wiley. p. 256. ISBN 9780471880639. http://books.google.com/books?ei=9BZUTdndHY3GsAOO_vyVCQ&ct=result&id=C5e1AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22martin+Allen%22+computervision&q=%22martin+Allen%22#search_anchor. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ Garfield, Charles (1987). Peak performers: the new heroes of American business. New York, N.Y.: Avon Books. p. 100. ISBN 9780380703043. http://books.google.com/books?id=ztKNTGYyqokC&pg=PA100&dq=%22martin+Allen%22+computervision&hl=en&ei=9BZUTdndHY3GsAOO_vyVCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=martin%20allen&f=false. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
- ^ Jane Fitz Simon (29 January 1988). "FOR COMPUTERVISION'S ALLEN, IT WAS A REWARDING BIRTHDAY". Boston Globe. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/59580511.html?dids=59580511:59580511&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+29,+1988&author=Jane+Fitz+Simon,+Globe+Staff&pub=Boston+Globe+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=FOR+COMPUTERVISION'S+ALLEN,+IT+WAS+A+REWARDING+BIRTHDAY&pqatl=google. Retrieved 10 February 2011. "Martin Allen will not soon forget his 57th birthday On that day he decided to sell his company to Prime Computer Inc and went home $34 million richer..."
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