Vulcan Inc.
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| Vulcan Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Owner | Paul Allen |
| Subsidiaries | Charter Communications, Rose City Radio Corporation, Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers, Mojave Aerospace Ventures (among others) |
| Website | http://www.vulcan.com/ |
Vulcan Inc. was founded in 1986 by Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, to manage his investments. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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.[1]
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[edit] Media
- Charter Communications
- DreamWorks Animation SKG--Formerly owned by Vulcan, later spun off, and then sold to Viacom.
- 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.
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] Real estate
- 505 Union Station and Union Station (Seattle)
- Sammamish Park Place
- South Lake Union
[edit] 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.[2]
[edit] 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[3]
