The company was founded by the late billionaire and Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen in 2011, and sold to private ownership in late 2019 after Allen's death. It was developed by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who died just months before it flew for the first time in April 2019. REUTERSRoc was developed by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who died just months before it flew for the first time in April 2019. It was developed by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen, who died just months before it flew for the first time in April 2019The impressive craft in mid-flight. The new owners initially plan to use it for launches of reusable hypersonic flight research vehicles.
Microsoft • Paul G. Allen, who died just before another great ill-fated business went off the line.
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