Eugene Kleiner
Eugene Kleiner · Economics & Business
Fairchild Semiconductor co-founder who fled Nazi Vienna; co-founded Kleiner Perkins (1972), the venture firm behind Amazon, Google and Genentech.
12 May 1923, Vienna, Austria — 20 November 2003, United States
Palo Alto, California, United States
Eugene Kleiner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Fairchild Semiconductor co-founder who fled Nazi Vienna; co-founded Kleiner Perkins (1972), the venture firm behind Amazon, Google and Genentech.
Eugene Kleiner fled the Nazi persecution of Jews with his family in 1938, reaching New York two years later. An engineer, he was one of the eight who left Shockley in 1957 to found Fairchild Semiconductor — the letter seeking funding was typed on his father's stationery. In 1972 he co-founded Kleiner Perkins, the Sand Hill Road firm that financed Amazon, Google, Genentech and hundreds more. 'Kleiner's Laws' — 'When the money is available, take it' — are still quoted at every startup board.
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Fairchild Semiconductor co-founder who fled Nazi Vienna; co-founded Kleiner Perkins (1972), the venture firm behind Amazon, Google and Genentech.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Kleiner
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