Vinod Khosla was born on 28 January 1955 is an Indian American engineer and businessman. Khosla is listed by Forbes magazine as a billionaire. Khosla made his early fortune as one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems, where he was the founding CEO and chairman in the early 1980s. In 2010, Khosla became involved in a legal dispute after preventing public access to Martins Beach over his property. In 1980, after post-graduating from Stanford University, Khosla worked for electronic design automation company Daisy Systems. In 1987, Khosla joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers as a general partner. At Kleiner, Khosla became a recognized venture capitalist, with several successful early-stage investments. Khosla also played a key role with several of the tech industry’s most spectacular failures, including Asera, Dynabook, BroadBand Office, Excite@Home, and many others. Khosla was featured on Dateline NBC in May 2006, where he discussed the practicality of ethanol as a gasoline substitute. He is known to have invested heavily in ethanol companies, in hopes of widespread adoption. In addition to his role in founding Sun Microsystems, Khosla has founded a number of other businesses and organizations. Khosla was also involved with the founding of Daisy Systems in 1981. Khosla served as the Honorary Chair of the DonorsChoose San Francisco Bay Area Advisory Board. In 2007, Khosla was an Award Recipient in the Northern California region for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In addition, Khosla is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley. The Center is focused on finding solutions to address the crisis of extreme poverty and disease in the developing world. He is also one of the advisors for HackerRank, which has developed a platform for technology companies to evaluate candidates’ programming skills. He also invested in an Indian microfinance company, SKS Microfinance, which lends small loans to poor women in rural India. Khosla is also one of the founders of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs, and has guest-edited a special issue of The Economic Times (ET), a leading business newspaper in India.
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| Name | Vinod Khosla |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Delhi, India |
| Date Of Birth | 28 January 1955 |
| Age | 62 Years |
| Height | 6'0"(approx.) |
| Weight | 78 Kg (approx.) |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Profession | Co-founder of Sun Microsystems Founder of Khosla Ventures |
| Net Worth | $1.5 billion |
| TV Serials | Unknown |
| Movie | Unknown |
| School | Stanford Graduate School of Business |
| College | IIT Delhi Carnegie Mellon University |
| Religion | Unknown |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Home Town | Delhi, India |
| City | Delhi, India |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Fathers Name | Unknown |
| Mothers Name | Unknown |
| Spouse | Neeru Khosla |
| Children | Nina, Anu, Vani and Neal |
| Girlfriend/Boyfriend | Neeru Khosla |