John Doerr to Step Aside From New Venture Funds at Kleiner Perkins, Become Chair
Friday, April 1 Katie Benner / New York Times : John Doerr to Step Aside and Become Chairman at Kleiner Perkins Alex Konrad / Forbes : VC Firm Kleiner Perkins Is In Transition As Billionaire Leader John Doerr Moves Into Chairman's Role Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal : John Doerr to Become Kleiner Perkins's First Chairman Marisa Kendall / SiliconBeat : John Doerr moves to chairman role, makes way for next generation of Kleiner Perkins leaders Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : John Doerr becomes Kleiner Perkins' first chairman KPCB Partners : A New Role as KPCB Chair Dan Primack / Fortune : John Doerr to Become Chairman of Kleiner Perkins Kara Swisher / Re/code : John Doerr Named Chairman at Kleiner Perkins, Vowing to ‘Speed Up’ Tweets: Scott Harrison / @scottharrison : Deep gratitude, respect and admiration for the continued leadership of @johndoerr - “New Role as KPCB Chair” http://www.kpcb.com/... John Doerr / @johndoerr : 1/ Am becoming KPCB Chair. Not a big change, or retirement. Will keep investing for Kleiner and family funds. Spend more time mentoring. John Doerr / @johndoerr : 2/ Coach Campbell says be a “player coach”. See OKRs and blog post to our team. http://www.kpcb.com/.... Am super enthused. Onward! JD Chamath Palihapitiya / @chamath : Wow. @johndoerr is on a short list of people I respect and admire almost unconditionally...#GOAT http://twitter.com/... Bill Gurley / @bgurley : There are very few people that should be considered one of the very best VCs of all time. JD leads the list. http://twitter.com/... Hunter Walk / @hunterwalk : @johndoerr has been great at @Shyp. Learn a lot from watching him in action. http://twitter.com/... Jim Goetz / @jimgoetz : props to @johndoerr for unassailable contributions to technology, entrpreneuship & venture capital. http://www.bloomberg.com/... via @technology Tony Conrad / @tonysphere : what an amazing career, congratulations & thanks @johndoerr for the many contributions you've made to our community http://fortune.com/... Henry Blodget / @hblodget : Wow, I'll say. What an inspirational and amazing career! Congratulations @johndoerr! http://twitter.com/... Bijan Sabet / @bijan : Congrats @johndoerr. Amazing career. They should rename @kpcb to KPCB&D! http://fortune.com/... Marc Andreessen / @pmarca : Congratulations @johndoerr on astonishingly successful 30+ year run helping build many of best companies in world! http://www.bloomberg.com/... Chris Sacca / @sacca : From meeting him as a legal intern to becoming an LP in his funds, grateful for @johndoerr's mentorship and support. http://www.bloomberg.com/... Dan Primack / @danprimack : IMHO: Doerr is basically trying to 1/ Signal that KPCB will be around for long haul. 2/ Spend more time making sure it actually happens.