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John Doerr

American businessman

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Also known as L. John Doerr · Louis John Doerr

Born: June 29, 1951
Birthplace: St. Louis
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: computer scientist
, businessperson
, entrepreneur
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Positions held: board of directors member(since 1999)
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Education: Rice University
, Harvard Business School
, Harvard University
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Employer: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Spouse: Ann Doerr
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1.news.stanford.edu/2022/05/04/stanford-doerr-school-sustainability-universitys-first-new-school-70-years-will-accelerate-solutions-global-climate-crisis/
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Louis John Doerr is an American investor and venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins in Menlo Park, California. In February 2009, Doerr was appointed a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board to provide the President and his administration with advice and counsel in trying to fix America's economic downturn. Doerr is the author of Measure What Matters, a book about goal-setting, and Speed & Scale: An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now.

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JJohn Doerr: Salvation (and profit) in greentech2007 · TED2007

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SStanford Doerr School of Sustainability2022 · school at Stanford University, California, United States, focusing on climate change and sustainability

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: John
Number of children: 2
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Awards: California Hall of Fame(2010)
Social media followers: 299,966(February 2, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 22255654
290,709(March 2, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 22255654
288,459(January 4, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 22255654
Family name: Doerr

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