Forbes

67. JOHN DOERR

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$7.5

BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: * SOURCE: VENTURE CAPITAL AGE: 68 RESIDENCE: WOODSIDE, CA PHILANTHRO­PY SCORE: The chairman of venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins remains one of Silicon Valley’s power brokers. An early backer of Google and Amazon through the firm, he’s recently invested in companies such as health-insights startup Cardinal Analytx Solutions, health advisor Tia and studentfin­ancial-aid tool Mos. With his wife, Ann, he has funded projects like The California Divide, a collaborat­ion including more than 35 California newspapers that is working to cover income inequality and poverty in the state. The couple’s Beneficus Foundation supports free online tutoring site Khan Academy and Climate Reality Project, which is working to combat climate change.

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