Martin Allen (entrepreneur)
# Martin Allen (entrepreneur)

Martin A. Allen (1931–2009) was the chairman, co-founder, president, and largest individual stockholder (2,272,866 shares) of Computervision Corp. Its first product, CADDS-1, was aimed at the printed circuit layout, and 2-D drafting markets.

## Career

### Computervision Corp.

Martin (Marty) A. Allen co-founded Computervision Corp. in 1969 with Philippe Villers in Boston, MA. In 1980 he lead an effort to create the first Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), build to handle 2-D and 3-D modeling.

### Retirement

Allen netted $34 million when, at age 57, he sold Computervision Corp. to Prime Computer Inc. on 29 January 1988.

## Early life and education

Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Allen was raised in California. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and obtained the degree in engineering.

