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L. John Doerr (born June 29, 1951) is an American investor and venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins in Menlo Park, California. In February 2009, Doerr was appointed a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to provide the President and his administration with advice and counsel in trying to fix America's economic downturn. [1]
Chairman. 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.
4 days ago · John Doerr is the chairman of Kleiner Perkins, a VC firm that invested in Google, Amazon and many other tech giants. He and his wife Ann donated $1.1 billion to Stanford University in 2022 to create a new school for sustainability.
5 days ago · John Doerr has both the experience and the ability to communicate this in a way that is understandable and motivating. It is now required reading for all of my team at Project CURE. Dr. Douglas Jackson, CEO Project C.U.R.E.
John Doerr is an engineer, investor and author who has worked with entrepreneurs and innovators in clean technologies, education, climate and social impact. He is the chairman of Kleiner Perkins and the author of "Speed and Scale" and "Measure What Matters". He has given TED talks on topics such as greentech, decarbonization, social impact and optimism.
Our leaders and institutions are failing us, but it's not always because they're bad or unethical, says venture capitalist John Doerr -- often, it's simply because they're leading us toward the wrong objectives.
Speed & Scale is a movement to move leaders to act on the climate crisis with a clear and measurable plan. Learn from John Doerr, Ryan Panchadsaram, and Anjali Grover, who are engineers, investors, and experts on solving systemic societal challenges.
