Vinod Khosla is one of the world’s top most venture capitalists. A co-founder of Sun Microsystems, he is general partner at the venture capital major Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers.
A noted Indian American, Khosla was also instrumental in establishing the influential group, The Indus Entrepreneurs.
Khosla holds an electrical engineering degree from IIT Delhi, an MS from Carnegie Mellon University, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Fresh out of Stanford, Khosla co-founded technology company Sun Microsystems, along with Scott McNealy.
He quit Sun in 1985 and joined Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers in 1986.
Four years ago, he launched his own venture capital firm: Khosla Ventures. One of his major investments is in noted microfinance unit, SKS Microfinance.
Image: Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla. | Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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