Frank J. Caufield
Frank J. Caufield (1939 – November, 2019)[1] was a co-founder and named partner of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, based in Menlo Park, California.[2]
From 1973 to 1978, Caufield was a general partner and manager of Oak Grove Ventures, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California.[2] He was a past president of both the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the National Venture Capital Association.[3]
Caufield served on the boards of Quantum Corporation, Caremark Inc., AOL Inc., Megabios, VeriFone Inc., Wyse Technology, Quickturn Corporation and Time Warner. He was a director of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund, Refugees International, was a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an advisor to the European venture capital fund HealthCap and served as chairman of the Child Abuse Prevention Society of San Francisco.[4]
Caufield graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1962[5] and completed an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1968.[6]
References
- ↑Goldfisher, Alastair (2019-12-03). "Venture capitalist Frank Caufield passes away at 80". Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- 12Frank Caufield Profile - Forbes.com
- ↑"Frank J. Caufield, Co-Founder and Partner (1939-2019)". Make History. 27 November 2019.
- ↑"Stock Quotes & Company News". www.reuters.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑"The West Point Fund: Caufield Crew and Sailing Center". Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- ↑"Showcase Profile - HBS Entrepreneurship - Harvard Business School". entrepreneurship.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
External links
- Frank Caufield bio at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersArchived 2008-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Harvard Business School alumni
- United States Military Academy alumni
- American venture capitalists
- 1939 births
- American financial company founders
- Kleiner Perkins people
- Warner Bros. Discovery people
- Private equity biography stubs
- 2019 deaths
