SAN FRANCISCO — Thomas Perkins, one of the
founding fathers of Silicon Valley, died on Tuesday at age 84 at his
home in Belvedere, California, according to the Marin County coroner's
office.
As co-founder of the venture capital firm
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Perkins played a major role in the
formative years of the computer and biotech industries. The firm that
bears his name went on to fund some of the biggest names of the internet
era, including Google and Amazon.
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Source: NBC News
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