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John Doerr
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(b. 1951)
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Biography current as of induction in 2010
One of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capitalists, John Doerr’s keen eye for technological innovation has helped write the success stories of companies like Amazon, Google, Compaq, Intuit and Symantec.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Doerr earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas. In 1974, he joined Intel as an engineer and marketing manager for microcomputers. Doerr completed his MBA at Harvard Business School in 1976.
Since joining venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1980, he sponsored a series of investments that resulted in the creation of more than 150,000 new jobs. As he gained experience in managing people and marketing, he became an expert at turning the best ideas of entrepreneurs into business gold. Doerr’s successful record of choosing the right companies at the right time has made him one of Silicon Valley’s most i
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John Doerr joined Intel in 1974, just after the invention of the 8080 8 bit microprocessor. He was an engineer and marketing manager for micro-computers, and the top-ranked systems salesperson.
In 1980 he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and sponsored a series of investments (Compaq, Cypress, Intuit, Macromedia, Lotus, Netscape, Sun Microsystems, Symantec) that led to the creation of over 30,000 jobs.
Doerr was the founding CEO of Silicon Compilers. He serves on the Board of Directors of Intuit, Macromedia, Netscape, Platinum, Shiva, Sun Microsystems, Academic Systems, The Lightspan Partnership, MNI Interactive, Amazon.com and Precept Software.
Doerr holds patents for computer memory devices he invented as a design engineer at Monsanto. Recent areas of interest include the Internet, education (especially kids), and genomics.
He earned Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
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John Doerr joined Intel in 1974 just as they invented the famous “8080” 8 bit microprocessor. At Intel he held various engineering, marketing and management assignments, and was one of their top-ranked sales executives. In 1980 he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and sponsored a series of investments including Compaq, Cypress, Intuit, Netscape, Lotus, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, S3, Sun Microsystems, Amazon.com, Symantec and Google. John was the founding CEO of Silicon Compilers. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Amazon.com and Google. The privately-held company boards include Zazzle, Miasole, Bloom Energy, and Spatial Photonics. He holds patents for computer memory devices he invented as a design engineer at Monsanto. Recent interests include education, the Internet, biotechnology and genomics. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Rice University and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.