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Arthur Rock & Company was founded in 1969. The Company invests in commodity contracts, tax liens, and venture capital companies.
Valley and you follow the lore of Silicon Valley, Arthur Rock is always part of the Valley’s lore. So I’m really looking forward to talking with you tonight. Our guest, Arthur Rock, grew up in Rochester, New York, and his family owned a candy store where he worked when he was growing up. I hope we can
A Rock-Solid Startup. Venture capitalist Arthur Rock raised $2.5 million in startup capital for Intel by issuing convertible debentures (debt that could eventually be converted to stock) to interested investors. Rock was already a founding investor in Intel, along with Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, and served as the company's first chairman.
Dec 1, 1997 · Arthur Rock (MBA '51) In 1957 a group of eight scientists, disenchanted with the management style of their Nobel Prize-winning boss, William Shockley, walked out of Shockley Semiconductor Laboratories in Palo Alto. Armed with the technical expertise to commercialize the semiconductor, the foresight to know that their product could change the ...
Arthur Rock’s name is synonymous with Silicon Valley. He’s the broker behind Fairchild Semiconductor’s financing and contributed to the growth of early Silicon Valley successes such as Intel (where he was a director for over 30 years), Scientific Data Sytems, Teledyne, and Apple.
Feb 13, 2015 · February 13, 2015. “Arthur Rock was one of America’s first venture capitalists. He played a key role in launching Fairchild Semiconductor, Teledyne, Intel, Apple, and many other high-tech companies. Following an early career on Wall Street in investment banking, Arthur started his first venture capital partnership with Tommy Davis.
Arthur Rock is principal of Arthur Rock & Co. and was a partner in Davis & Rock from 1961 to 1968, both venture capital firms. He was Chairman of the Board of Scientific Data Systems and Board of Directors member at Teledyne Inc., Xerox, Argonaut Insurance, Apple Computer, AirTouch, the Nasdaq Stock Market, and Echelon Corporation. Mr. Rock was the founding investor in Intel Corporation and ...
