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John Doerr serves as chairman of Kleiner Perkins, backing technology entrepreneurs and working on climate, health and education challenges. He is the author of Measure What Matters and Speed & Scale, translating his investing and operating experience into approaches to ambitious goals.
John Doerr serves as chairman of Kleiner Perkins, backing technology entrepreneurs and working on climate, health and education challenges. He is the author of Measure What Matters and Speed & Scale, translating his investing and operating experience into approaches to ambitious goals.
Career
SDAdvisory Council Co-Chair at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability from 2023 to PresentCo-leads the school’s advisory council with John Hennessy.
Chairman at Kleiner Perkins (KP) from 2016-03 to PresentJoined the firm in 1980 and became chairman in March 2016.AIndependent Director at Alphabet from 2015-10 to PresentContinued board service at Alphabet after its October 2015 holding-company reorganization; first joined Google’s board in May 1999.
Director at DoorDash from 2015-03 to PresentADirector at Amyris until Present
WDirector at Watershed until Present
NVLifetime Director at NewSchools Venture Fund until PresentCo-founded NewSchools in 1998 with Kim Smith and Brook Byers.
CIBoard Member at Climate Imperative Foundation until Present
TExecutive Council Member at TechNet until PresentHelped establish TechNet in 1997 alongside fellow technology leaders, including John Chambers and Jim Barksdale.
Director at Amazon from 1996-06 to 2010-05SMDirector at Sun Microsystems from 1982 to 2006-11Also took a sabbatical from Kleiner Perkins to manage Sun’s desktop division and work on SPARC.
Sales executive at Intel until 1980Joined Intel in 1974, working in engineering and marketing before moving into sales.Investing Announcements
Cosigns Received
Eric SchmidtChair and Chief Executive Officer at Relativity Space
I got a call from John Doerr, a good friend and venture capitalist, who said, “You should come over and talk to Google.”
Jerry KaplanAdjunct Lecturer at Stanford University; AI expert, serial entrepreneur, author, and futurist
has the emotional commitment of a priest and the energy of a racehorse.
