Vulcan Inc.

Infobox Company
name = Vulcan Inc.

type = Private
foundation = 1986
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location_city = Seattle, Washington
location_country = USA
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owner = Paul Allen
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parent = Microsoft
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subsid = Charter Communications, Rose City Radio Corporation, Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Mojave Aerospace Ventures (among others)
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homepage = http://www.vulcan.com/
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intl = Vulcan Inc. was founded in 1986 by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, to manage his investments. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Investments

The following is a partial list of investments as of 2004 made by Vulcan or other entities owned by Allen, based mostly on research conducted by the "Columbia Journalism Review". [ [http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php?c=vulcan CJR : Resources : Who Owns What ] ]

Media

* Charter Communications
* DreamWorks Animation SKG--Formerly owned by Vulcan, later spun off as an independent company.
* Oxygen Network
* Rose City Radio Corporation, which owns several radio stations, including:
** KXL-AM and KXJM-FM, radio stations in Portland, Oregon
* "The Sporting News" and Sporting News Radio
* TechTV Formerly owned by Vulcan and later sold to Comcast.

Sport teams and venues

*Vulcan Sports and Entertainment, which includes:
** Seattle Seahawks
** Portland Trail Blazers
** Seattle Sounders FC (Minority Owner)
** Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon

Museums, theatres, and galleries

* Seattle Cinerama theater
* The Hospital studios and gallery in London
* Experience Music Project
* Flying Heritage Collection
* Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame

Real estate

* 505 Union Station and Union Station (Seattle)
* Sammamish Park Place
* South Lake Union
** Enso
** Rollin Street Flats
** Veer Lofts
** 2200 Westlake

Wireless spectrum

Vulcan Spectrum participated in the United States 2008 wireless spectrum auction, paying $69 million for "A Block" spectrum in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton area, and $43.6 million for "A Block" spectrum in Portland-Salem. [ [http://www.dailywireless.org/2008/03/20/verizon-gets-the-c-block/ dailywireless.org » Verizon Gets the “C” Block ] ]

Other

* Allen Brain Atlas
* Mojave Aerospace Ventures and Tier One
* Cytokinetics
* Microsoft
* Octopus, a large yacht
* PTC Therapeutics
* Perlegen Sciences
* Project Halo
* XCyte Therapies
* Vulcan FlipStart
* Vulcan Data [ [http://www.vulcandata.com/ Home - Vulcan Data - Recover data, find lost files from crashed computers, build a network, email and web-design, remove spyware in Birmingham Alabama , Hoover Vestavia and Ho... ] ]

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