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John Doerr (L. John Doerr )

Last Updated: 28 Mar, 2024 | Views: 537

Age: 73

Profession: Business Men

Other Profession(s): Investor, Computer scientist, Venture Capitalist

Famous For: Member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board

Higher Education: Rice University (BS, MEng), Harvard University (MBA)

Net Worth: $11.7 Billion

John Doerr Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

29 Jun, 1951 (73 Years 08 Months 17 Days)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

Missouri

Birth District

St. Louis

Birth Sign

Cancer

Nationalities

American

John Doerr Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
John Doerr was born June 29, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. One of five siblings, John Doerr graduated from Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis. Doerr obtained a B.S. and M.E.E. degrees in electrical engineering from Rice University and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1976.John Doerr known as theAmerican investor and venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins.
John Doerr Career
John Doerr Joined Intel Corporation:
• John Doerr joined Intel Corporation in 1974 just as the firm was developing the 8080 8-bit microprocessor.
• John Doerr eventually became one of Intel's most successful salespeople.
John DoerrJoined Kleiner Perkins:
• John Doerr joined Kleiner Perkins that year, and since then has directed the distribution of venture capital funding to technology companies including Compaq, Netscape, Symantec, Sun Microsystems, drugstore.com, Amazon.com, Intuit, Macromedia, and Google.
• John Doerr has backed entrepreneurs, including Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt of Google; Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com; and Scott Cook and Bill Campbell of Intuit.
John Doerr Co-founded the New Schools Venture Fund
• John Doerr co-founded and serves on the board of the New Schools Venture Fund, an education reform and charter public schools fund, and TechNet.
• John Doerr is supporting education and lawsuit reform, and policies for the novelty economy.
John Doerr Serves on the Board of Bono's ONE Campaign to Fight Global Poverty
• John Doerr serves on the board of Bono's ONE campaign to fight global poverty, particularly disease in Africa.
• John Doerrhas been listed on Forbes magazine's exclusive "Midas List" and is widely regarded as one of the top technology venture capitalists in the world.
John Doerr Invested in Dream Box
• In 2013, John Doerr invested in DreamBox, which has been acquired by Charter School Growth Fund.
• John Doerrhad also funded the initial investments in Bloom Energy Inc. John Doerris a major supporter of the education company.
John Doerr Award
• 2010: California Hall of Fame
• 2019: Golden Plate Award
John Doerr Unknown Facts
• Interest in Politics: John Doerr is a supporter of the Democratic Party and has hosted fundraisers for the party on several occasions.
• Listed as one of the founders of FWD.us: John Doerr was also listed as one of the founders of FWD.us in April 2013. FWD.us is a lobbying group primarily funded by Mark Zuckerberg.