Bill Gates kept trying to convince Paul Allen to give him more shares of Microsoft. Allen gave in once and Bill Gates pushed for more. The final offer Gates made was $5 per share before Microsoft went public. Allen refused
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Allen#Microsoft
In 1996, Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft) said that he would buy Seattle Seahawks from Ken Behring (who threatened to move it to California) and finance the new stadium only if the people of Seattle agreed to it. They did and Allen spent $130 million for the new stadium, saving the team
http://old.seattletimes.com/html/seahawks/2022126162_seahawks27xml.html
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