Tom Perkins
Don Valentine, who founded Sequoia Capital, has died at age 87
Sequoia Capital founder Don Valentine passed way at his home in Woodside, Ca., today at age 87 of natural causes. Sequoia posted a tribute to Valentine shortly afterward, calling him…
Thomas Perkins, who co-founded venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has died of natural causes. He was 84 years old. Before becoming an investor, Perkins founded a laser…
In January, reports surfaced that Social+Capital was in “acquisition” talks with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Those talks fell apart. So what happened? TechCrunch has heard from a few people…
Did men like this used to sit atop the technology industry? Atop our country? Tom Perkins, once an icon in the venture industry and now a spectacle, gave yet another…
Tom Perkins Presents GOP Boilerplate As Solution To Wage Inequality
Tom Perkins compared what he sees as a “progressive war on the American one percent” to Kristallnacht, the series of coordinated attacks against the Jews during Nazi Germany. Today on…
Achievement Unlocked: The SF Class War Reaches Godwin’s Law
Yes, Tom Perkins went there. In a letter to the Wall Street Journal published this morning, with the surprising title “Progressive Kristallnacht Coming?,” the legendary venture capitalist compared Nazi Germany’s…
VC Titans Tom Perkins And Don Valentine Articulate What Makes A Good VC
Today at Disrupt SF, venture capital pioneers Tom Perkins and Don Valentine shared their opinions about what makes a good bet when it comes to choosing companies to fund. As…
