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Paul Allen's Money Man Spends $16 Billion on a Grand Vision
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It's a sunny July day at Allen & Co.'s exclusive gathering of media and computer moguls. Potentates like Wayne Huizenga, Sumner Redstone, and John Malone are milling about the resort's lobby, sniffing out deals.
So why is Nancy Peretsman, Allen's superstar managing director, planted on a couch for most of the afternoon, talking with a slightly built, boyish fellow who could pass for a college freshman?