Frank J. Caufield (1939 – November, 2019) was a co-founder and named partner of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, based in Menlo Park, California.
From 1973 to 1978, Caufield was a general partner and manager of Oak Grove Ventures, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California. He was a past president of both the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the National Venture Capital Association.
Caufield served on the boards of Quantum Corporation, Caremark Inc., AOL Inc., Megabios, VeriFone Inc., Wyse Technology, Quickturn Corporation and Time Warner. He was a director of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund, Refugees International, was a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations, an advisor to the European venture capital fund HealthCap and served as chairman of the Child Abuse Prevention Society of San Francisco.
Caufield graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1962 and completed an MBA from the Harvard Business School in 1968.
References
- Goldfisher, Alastair (2019-12-03). "Venture capitalist Frank Caufield passes away at 80". Venture Capital Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-25.
- ^ Frank Caufield Profile - Forbes.com
- "Stock Quotes & Company News | Reuters.com". www.reuters.com. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- "The West Point Fund: Caufield Crew and Sailing Center". Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
- "Showcase Profile - HBS Entrepreneurship - Harvard Business School". entrepreneurship.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
External links
- Frank Caufield bio at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Archived 2008-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
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