- John Smith Vc
John Smith (Ticknall, Derbyshire February 1814-26 June 1864, Jullindar, India) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. (Another John Smith (1822-1866) also received the VC for action in India http://www.royaldublinfusiliers.com/vc/vc.html) - John Murray Vc
John Murray (VC), (born Whigsboro, Ireland, February 1839 - died Derrinlough, County Offaly, 8 April 1912), was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is a founder and Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures. Fred began his career in venture capital in 1987 and he has focused exclusively on information technology investments for the past 16 years. From 1987 to 1996, Fred was first an Associate and then a General Partner at Euclid Partners, an early stage venture capital firm located in New York City. In 1996, Fred co-founded Flatiron Partners. - Guy Kawasaki
Guy Kawasaki , who was Apple's software evangelist, is passionate about the idea that products and services reach critical mass 'because mere mortals spread the word for you.' He also has noted that the people who developed the original Macintosh didn't really have any idea of what people would do with the machine-and thus how its users would influence its development. We're wired to create patterns, but that doesn't mean the first patterns are necessarily useful. - John Doerr
L. John Doerr (born June 29, 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a successful venture capitalist at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers in Menlo Park, California, in the Silicon Valley. Doerr obtained a Bachelor of Science and master's degree in electrical engineering from Rice University and an MBA from Harvard University in 1976. Doerr joined Intel Corporation in 1974 just as the firm was developing the 8080 8-bit microprocessor. - Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla (born January 28, 1955 in Poona) is an Indian-American venture capitalist. He is an influential personality in Silicon Valley. He was one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems and became a general partner of the venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers in 1986. - David Sze
David joined Greylock in 2000. His areas of focus include: consumer internet, wireless data, broadband, systems management, security, and technology-assisted marketing services. Before coming to Greylock, David was SVP of Product Strategy at Excite and then Excite@Home. As an early employee at Excite, David also held roles as GM of Excite.com and VP of Content and Programming for the Excite Network. Before Excite, he was in product marketing and development at Electronic Arts and Crystal . . . - Michael Moritz
Michael Moritz (born Cardiff, Wales, 1954) is a venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital in Menlo Park, California in the Silicon Valley, and a former member of the board of directors of Google inc. He was educated at Howardian High School, Cardiff before moving on to Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated as a Master of Arts in history. In 1978, he received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. - Tom Perkins
Thomas James Perkins (born 1932) is an American businessman, capitalist, and was one of the founders of leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. - Roelof Botha
Roelof Botha is a venture capitalist. He began his career as an actuary. He was the CFO of PayPal. Now he works for Sequoia Capital and sat on the board of directors of YouTube before its acquisition by Google. Botha sits on the board of Insider Pages, Meebo, and Xoom. Botha graduated from Stanford Business School in 2000. He also attended the University of Cape Town where he did a BSc in Actuarial Science, Economics, and Statistics. - Brook Byers
Brook Byers is the brother of Stanford University Professor Tom Byers, and is a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. He is currently on the Board of Directors of eight companies, most recently joining CardioDX, Genomic Health Incorporated, Five Prime Therapeutics, Pacific Biosciences, Inc. and XDx, Inc. Previously, he served on the Board of Directors of Idec Pharmaceuticals (Chairman), Athena Neurosciences (Chairman), Signal Pharmaceuticals, … - Don Valentine
Donald T. "Don" Valentine is an influential venture capitalist who concentrates mainly on technology companies in the United States. He has been called the "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital". The Computer History Museum credited him as playing "a key role in the formation of a number of industries such as semiconductors, personal computers, personal computer software, digital entertainment and networking." - Gaje Ghale
Gaje Ghale (July 1, 1922 -March 28 2000) was a Nepalese recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Nelson Victor Carter
Nelson Victor Carter VC (April 9, 1887 - June 30, 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 29 years old, and a Company Sergeant Major in the 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 30 June 1916 at Boar's Head, … - Andy Bechtolsheim
Andy Bechtolsheim , co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Inc. and employee number one, is a product architect with the Systems Group. Andy works with the Systems Group to help drive next generation X64 and storage servers product architecture as well as HPC opportunities. Bechtolsheim has more than 25 years of Network Computing knowledge and expertise. - Bob Kagle
With over 20 years of venture capital investment experience, Bob is a veteran of the venture industry. Prior to Benchmark, Bob spent 12 years as a General Partner with Technology Venture Investors. Before TVI, Bob worked for the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) where he focused on issues of corporate strategy in industries ranging from retail distribution to high technology manufacturing. - Mitchell Kertzman
Mitchell Kertzman is a venture capitalist with Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, and former CEO of Sybase, Powersoft, and Liberate Technologies. - Paul Vixie
Paul Vixie is the author of several RFCs and well known UNIX system programs, among them SENDS, proxynet, rtty and Vixie cron. While he was employed by DEC, in 1988 he started working on the popular internet domain name server BIND, of which he was the primary author and architect, until release 8. After he left DEC, in 1994 he founded Internet Software Consortium (ISC) together with Rick Adams and Carl Malamud to support BIND and other software for the Internet. - Steve Westly
Steven Paul Westly (born August 27, 1956, in Arcadia, California) is an American businessman and politician. He was the State Controller of California from 2003 to 2007 and was one of the top two candidates in the Democratic primary for Governor of California in the 2006 election. He was defeated in the Democratic primary by California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, who later lost to incumbent Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the November 2006 elections. - Sergio Monsalve
Sergio Monsalve is a Principal at Norwest Venture Partners NVP. Sergio brings to Norwest Venture Partners over 12 years of operational experience in marketing, product management, business development, sales and finance from a wide range of business and consumer technology companies. Sergio is focused on investments in the consumer internet, media and software sectors. Prior to NVP, Sergio was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Trinity Ventures, … - Aubrey Cosens
Aubrey Cosens, VC, (May 21, 1921 - February 26, 1945) was a Canadian (born in Latchford, Ontario) recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Edward Jennings
Edward Jennings (ca. 1820 - 10 May 1889) Born in Ballinrobe, County Mayo he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Thomas Ricketts
Thomas (Tommy) Ricketts (April 15, 1901 - February 10, 1967) was a Newfoundlander and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - John Pearson
John Pearson VC (19 January 1825--18 April1892) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth forces. - Edward Unwin
Edward Unwin VC, CB, CMG (1864-19 April, 1950) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Unwin joined the merchant navy at the age of 16 and spent 15 years serving on clippers with P&O. He trained at HMS "Conway" and joined the Royal Navy on 16 October 1895 serving during the South African War. - Graham Thomson Lyall
Graham Thomson Lyall (8 March 1892 - 28 November 1941) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Frank Lester
Frank Lester (18 February 1896-12 October 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 22 years old, and a Private in the 10th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 12 October 1918 at Neuvilly, France, … - John Alexander Sinton
Brigadier John Alexander Sinton VC, OBE, FRS, MB (2 December 1884–25 March 1956) was a Northern Irish doctor, scientist and soldier. Although born in Canada into a family of Quaker linen manufacturers, he was educated in and a lifelong resident of Northern Ireland. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Valentine Bambrick
Valentine Bambrick (13 April 1837 - 1 April 1864) was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was 21 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, 60th Rifles (later The King's Royal Rifle Corps), British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 6 May 1858 at Bareilly, India, … - George Arthur Knowland
George Arthur Knowland VC (16 August 1922 - 31 January 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was born on 16 August 1922 in Catford, Kent and attended Elmwood Primary School in Croydon. He joined the Royal Norfolks in 1941 as a private and was commissioned before the end of the year. - Ziad K. Abdelnour
Ziad K. Abdelnour (Ziad Khalil Abdelnour) is a New York-based financier and venture capitalist. He is also the founder and president of the United States Committee for a Free Lebanon (USCFL), an advocacy organization which established the "Middle East Intelligence Bulletin" in 1999, a joint publication of Middle East Forum, founded by Daniel Pipes. Abdelnour was born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1961. - V.C. Wynne-Edwards
Vero Copner Wynne-Edwards (4 July 1906 - January 5 1997) was a British zoologist best known for espousing group selection, most notably in his 1962 book, "Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behavior". In it, he argued that many behaviors are adaptations of the group, rather than adaptations of the individual, and that populations have adaptive self regulatory mechanisms. - Alfred Edward Sephton
Alfred Edward Sephton (19 April 1911-19 May 1941) of Warrington was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. - Yashavant Kanetkar
Yashavant Kanetkar is a famous Indian computer expert, known for his computer books. Yashvant Kanetkar obtained his BE from VJTI, Mumbai and M.Tech. from IIT Kanpur. He has good experience as Application and System software developer. He has authored several books on topics such as C language, C++, VC++, C#, .NET, DirectX and COM programming. - Vc Vc
We are proud to present our own VC friendster... GO IRISH GO!!! - Rick Thau
As a long term successful entrepreneur, CEO, and company founder; Rick's company provides guidance and interim management for companies undergoing transitions during the birth/growth/exit life of a company. He provides resources fulfilling the roles of active chairman, acting CEO, Board participation, C-level assistance in Sales, Marketing, Finance, and engineering. and roll-up-the-sleeves work to position and execute the plans allowing companies to achieve profitable exits. - Raj Kapoor
Love to live life to the fullest - join me! - Sachin Maheshwari
SACHIN MAHESHWARI | Senior Associate sachin@opuscapital.com As a senior associate for Opus Capital, Sachin Maheshwari works with the investment team on sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities. Sachin brings both engineering and business expertise to Opus. He has worked as a software engineer for both EFI, Inc., and for Unimobile, an enterprise wireless startup acquired by EFI. - Ray Lane
Ray Lane is general partner at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Since joining KPCB in 2000, Ray has sponsored several of the firms investments aimed at improving enterprise productivity. He sits on the boards of privately-held companies Elance, Valdero, Metamatrix, Virsa, Visible Path and two other ventures, and serves on the boards of public companies Quest Software and SeeBeyond Technologies. - H. Ronald Nash
Ron Nash focuses on investments in the software and services sector. Nash brings 25 years of experience as a business executive in the technology industry, and has worked with both large multinational corporations and entrepreneurial startup firms.
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