Title
Perkins, Thomas J. oral history
Catalog Number
102714335
Type
Moving image
Description
Thomas J. Perkins co-founded the legendary Silicon Valley venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB) with Eugene Kleiner in 1973 after a decade-long career at Hewlett-Packard. Together with his KPCB partners, Perkins led one of the most successful long-term venture investing strategies in the history of Silicon Valley. Two of the earliest venture investments that Perkins led—Tandem Computers and Genentech—went on to be game-changing developers of technology in the earliest days of system and high-performance computing.
A number of oral histories of Perkins are available on the Internet, including a long interview done by the University of California at Berkeley. This three-hour oral history conducted in 2011 focuses on Perkins’ upbringing, education, mentors, early professional experience at Hewlett-Packard and transition to venture investing. It also covers his investment philosophy and a number of personal stories of entrepreneurs with whom he had particularly close business relationships.
Date
2011-07-22
Participants
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Dennis, Eric, Videographer
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Hollar, John C., Interviewer
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Perkins, Thomas J., Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
San Francisco, California
Duration
1:41:27
Format
MOV
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Category
Oral history
Subject
Kleiner Perkins; Caufield; Byers, Tom; Venture Capital; Tandem Computer; Genentech; Hewlett-Packard; HP; Sand Hill Road
Collection Title
Oral history collection
