Don Valentine

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businessperson company founder human investor venture capitalist

Don Valentine was a pioneering Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Sequoia Capital, known for early investments in companies like Apple and Cisco.

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Donald Thomas Valentine 1
Sequoia Capital 0

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investor ⓘ
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awardReceived Lifetime Achievement in Venture Capital (NVCA) ⓘ
basedIn Silicon Valley ⓘ
birthDate 1932-06-26 ⓘ
birthPlace Yonkers, New York ⓘ
surface form: Yonkers, New York, United States
boardMemberOf Apple Inc. ⓘ
surface form: Apple Computer

Atari, Inc. ⓘ
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Cisco Systems ⓘ
Electronic Arts ⓘ
Oracle Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Oracle
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2019-10-25 ⓘ
education Fordham University ⓘ
employer Fairchild Semiconductor ⓘ
National Semiconductor ⓘ
familyName Valentine ⓘ
fieldOfWork technology investing ⓘ
venture capital ⓘ
founded Sequoia Capital ⓘ
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surface form: Donald Thomas Valentine
givenName Donald ⓘ
industry semiconductors ⓘ
technology ⓘ
influenced development of Silicon Valley startup ecosystem ⓘ
knownFor early investment in Apple Computer ⓘ
early investment in Atari ⓘ
early investment in Cisco Systems ⓘ
early investment in Electronic Arts ⓘ
early investment in Oracle ⓘ
founding Sequoia Capital ⓘ
shaping Silicon Valley venture capital industry ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork building Sequoia Capital into leading venture firm ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
venture capitalist ⓘ
positionHeld marketing executive at Fairchild Semiconductor ⓘ
vice president of marketing at National Semiconductor ⓘ
residence Woodside, California ⓘ
surface form: Woodside, California, United States

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