John Doerr

Chairman

Education B.S. and M.S. degrees, Electrical Engineering from Rice University. MBA from Harvard Business School
Prior Experience Intel, Silicon Compilers, @Home, Advisor to NewSchools.org, TechNet.org, the Climate Reality Project, ONE.org

John is an engineer, venture capitalist, and the chair of Kleiner Perkins. He is the author of bestsellers Measure What Matters and Speed and Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now. For over 40 years, John has served entrepreneurs with ingenuity and optimism, helping them build bold teams and disruptive companies. A pioneer of Silicon Valley’s cleantech movement, he has invested in zero-emissions technologies since 2006. Outside Kleiner Perkins, John works with social entrepreneurs who are tackling systemic issues across climate, public health, and education.