Exceptional

Where vision
and luck meet
Vinod Khosla grew up in India dreaming of being
an entrepreneur. His start-up dreams led him to
Silicon Valley, where he’s built a legacy not only as
an entrepreneur but also as a foresighted investor
in disruptive technologies such as FinTech, clean
energy and more.
Interview with Jeff Grabow, US Venture Capital Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
Vinod Khosla has a long, rich
history as an entrepreneur,
investor and technologist. From
cofounding Daisy Systems and
Sun Microsystems in the early 1980s to
launching his venture capital career at
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB)
to starting his own venture fund in 2004,
Khosla has always been at the forefront
of technology innovation. As an EY
Entrepreneur Of The Year 2007 Northern
California Award winner, he knows how
to spot a trend and has the conviction to
back new ideas that transform industries.
Since joining KPCB in 1986 — the same
year EY identified entrepreneurship as
a rising trend — he has had a 30-year
run evaluating and investing in the tech
visionaries who have invented, innovated
and perfected many of the revolutionary
products that define our lives today.
As we celebrate 30 years of ingenuity
in America, we asked Khosla about his
career in VC over the past three decades,
what drives his investment decisions and
what’s next for venture financing and
entrepreneurship in America.
“I fell in love with the idea of
coming to Silicon Valley to
start a technology company.”
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