Jody Allen is a well-known American businesswoman, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. She is best known for co-founding and serving as president of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. Allen is also the sister of Paul Allen, a Microsoft co-founder and the CEO of his investment and project management firm, Vulcan Inc. She owns the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Octopus super-yacht, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and a minority stake in the Seattle Sounders FC of the Major League Soccer.
Jody Allen was born on February 3, 1959, in Seattle, Washington. She is one of Kenneth Sam Allen’s two children with his wife, Edna Faye (née Gardner) Allen. Jody had a brother named Paul Allen, who was a Microsoft co-founder. Her father worked at the University of Washington Library as an associate director. Jody attended Whiteman College after graduating from Lakeside School and majored in drama.
Net worth of Jody Allen
Jody Allen has been a successful businesswoman for over three decades. She is the co-founder of several Silicon Valley tech companies. Jody has become adept at concealing her net worth and earnings from the general public. She is currently the vice-chairperson of First & Goal Inc. Allen is now in charge of Paul Allen’s enormous wealth, which is said to be worth billions of dollars.
After her brother, Paul Allen, died in 2018, Allen took control of his net worth. His holdings include a minority stake in the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League, the Octopus super-yacht, the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association, and the Seattle Sounders FC of the Major League Soccer.
Jody Allen co-founded the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation in 1990, and the foundation has given more than $469 million in grants to over 1,400 nonprofit organizations. At the time of his death, her brother, Paul, had a portfolio worth $20 billion. By the time of his death, Paul had donated more than $2 billion to charity and had promised to donate the majority of his net worth.
Jody Allen’s Marriage and Children Failed
As of early 2021, Jody is living a happy life on her own. Allen had a failed marriage and hasn’t found love with anyone else since. Jody and her ex-husband Brian Patton married in 1988 after they had been dating for a while. The couple married in a private ceremony.
Duncan Patton, the couple’s first child, was born in 1989. Gardner, their second child, was born in 1994, and Faye, their third child, was born in 1997. The five-person family was living a happy life, but nothing stayed the same. Jody divorced her husband and moved on in 2009. Their divorce was finalized shortly after this.
