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6 postsJohn Doerr is an American venture capitalist. After leaving Intel he joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a leading venture capital company. He has invested in many leading Internet companies, including Compaq, Macromedia, and Google.
Joins Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Directs venture capital funding to some of the most successful technology companies in the world including Compaq, Netscape, Symantec, Sun Microsystems, drugstore.com, Amazon.com, Intuit, Macromedia and Google.
After obtaining a Bachelor of Science and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Rice University, Doerr graduates with an MBA from Harvard University.
Doerr joins Intel Corporation just as the firm is developing the 8080 8-bit microprocessor. He becomes one of Intel’s most successful salespeople