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<html> <head> <title>Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>COMPANY</b></font><p> <p>Immensely wealthy Silicon Valley venture capital firm.<p> <b>Official Website:</b><br><a href="http://www.kpcb.com/">http://www.kpcb.com/</a><p> <b>Industry:</b><br><a href="/lists/693/000124321/">Private Equity</a><p> <b>Corporate headquarters:</b><br><a href="/geo/649/000069442/" class=proflink>Palo Alto, CA</a><p> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>EXECUTIVES</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/848/000120488/"><font size=-1>Brook Byers</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/377/000128990/"><font size=-1>Frank J. Caufield</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1940</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/197/000061014/"><font size=-1>John Doerr</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jun-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Silicon Valley venture capitalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/845/000124473/"><font size=-1>Bing Gordon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chief Creative Officer, Electronic Arts, 1998-2008</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/499/000023430/"><font size=-1>Al Gore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Mar-1948</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Vice President under Clinton</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/008/000162519/"><font size=-1>William R. Hearst III</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>San Francisco Examiner</i> Editor, 1984-95</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/576/000023507/"><font size=-1>Bill Joy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Computer Programmer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Nov-1954</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>BSD designer, C shell, vi, Java</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000120501/"><font size=-1>Vinod Khosla</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1955</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Venture capitalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/493/000163004/"><font size=-1>Eugene Kleiner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-May-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Venture capitalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/675/000168171/"><font size=-1>E. Floyd Kvamme</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Partner, Kleiner Perkins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/100/000128713/"><font size=-1>Douglas F. Mackenzie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Partner, Kleiner Perkins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/846/000120486/"><font size=-1>Tom Perkins</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/649/000022583/"><font size=-1>Colin Powell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Secretary of State, 2001-05</td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>EXTRANEOUS</b></font><p> <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_company"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000030678/"><font size=-1>Jim Barksdale</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jan-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CEO of Netscape, 1995-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/674/000042548/"><font size=-1>Scott Sassa</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Former President of NBC</td> </tr> </table> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=120481" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2012 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/265/000001262/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/265/1262/s1262.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">4-Sitcoms: Cheers, MASH, Taxi, Frasier</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-7514286389735969"; /* 120x240, created 12/17/08 */ google_ad_slot = "9750487262"; google_ad_width = 120; google_ad_height = 240; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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