Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla is a world renowned entrepreneur, venture capitalist and technologist, considered as one of the most successful and influential persons in the Silicon Valley. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Khosla Ventures, a firm focused on assisting entrepreneurs to build impactful technology-based disruptive companies. A visionary, Khosla has played an important role in starting and helping companies involved in the fields of multimedia, semiconductors, video games, internet software and computer networking. Khosla was the Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems, where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors. Later, he joined Kleiner Perkins as General Partner, where he played a vital role in taking on Intel's monopoly by building and growing semiconductor company, Nexgen, which was later acquired by Advanced Micro Devices.