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John Doerr
Chairman, Kleiner Perkins
$14.32B
$162.1M (1.1%)
as of 07/02/24
About John Doerr
Investor John Doerr is chairman of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
Doerr joined the firm in 1980 after working at Intel and cofounding two companies.
He famously led Kleiner into Google in 1999, investing $12.5 million. He was also an early investor in Amazon, DoorDash, Slack and many more.
Doerr stepped down from his role leading the firm in 2016, ceding day-to-day leadership to fellow investor Ted Schlein.
John and Ann Doerr made a $1.1 billion gift to Stanford University in 2022 to launch a new school focused on sustainability.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Venture capitalResidence
Woodside, CaliforniaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
06/29/51 (age 73)Number of children
2Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Rice University; Master of Science, Rice UniversitySelf-made
self-madeJohn Doerr’s fortune is worth
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239K
troy ounces of gold
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220K
median U.S. household
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143K
median U.S. income
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0.286%
U.S. credit card volume
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0.057%
GDP of the United States
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0.042%
United States debt
Net worth history
Annual ranking
Did you know?
He came to Silicon Valley in 1975 with no job. He tried to get an internship with a VC firm and was turned down.
Net worth over time
Real-time ranking
Financial assets
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AlphabetNASDAQ | AMZN-US
AmazonUS OTC | AMRSQ-US
Amyris Inc.NYSE | BE-US
Bloom Energy CorpNYSE | COUR-US
Coursera IncNASDAQ | DASH-US
DoorDash, IncNASDAQ | GOOG-US
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IntuitNYSE | QS-US
QuantumScapeNASDAQ | ZNGA-US
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