Background
Doerr, John was born on June 29, 1951 in St. Louis.
Doerr, John was born on June 29, 1951 in St. Louis.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 1973. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Rice University, 1974. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University.
Joined Intel Corporation, 1974. Partner Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, Menlo Park, California, since 1980. Founder, Chief Executive Officer Silicon Compilers, since 1981.
Advisory board member Generation Investment Management, Inc., since 2007. Board directors Sun Microsystems Inc., 1982—2006, Intuit, since 1990, Netscape Communications Corporation, since 1994, Amazon.com, since 1996, Drugstore.com, 1998—2004, Handspring Inc., 1998—2003, Homestore.com, since 1998, Google Inc., since 1999, Palm, Inc., since 2003, Zazzle.com, Inc., since 2005, Amyris Biotechnologies Inc, since 2006, iControl Networks Inc., since 2008. Member President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board, since 2009.
Married Ann Doerr; 2 children.