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Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla is an Indian-American billionaire, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. As of July 11, 2026, he entered into a binding agreement to purchase the Seattle Seahawks. Khosla made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas including networking, software, and alternative energy technologies. He is co…
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business · Indian-American businessman (born 1955) · businessperson · also Vinod Khosla, Khosla
Born 28 January 1955 · Q738005
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2026· 11 entries
“My son wanted to study computer science. But to study at the IITs he had to be among the top 200 in the country. So he chose Cornell.”
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“Put Harvard, MIT and Princeton together and you begin to get an idea of the status of IITs in India.”
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“we need 1,000% change if billions of people in China and India are to enjoy a Western, energy-rich lifestyle.”
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Public attention spiked: 2,940 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 910, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Watch CNBC's full interview with Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla” (CNBC).
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CNBC: Watch CNBC's full interview with Khosla Ventures founder Vinod Khosla
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Public attention spiked: 8,222 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9× the usual 910, with 16 article edits. Editors noted: China Grammar.
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Public attention spiked: 253,601 Wikipedia readers in one day, 278.8× the usual 910, with 23 article edits. Editors noted: please update w further information as it develops
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Wall Street Journal: Tech Billionaire Vinod Khosla Wants to Pay More Taxes. He Explained to Us Why.
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Insider: Vinod Khosla says he thinks today's 5-year-olds probably won't need a job
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Was ranked 14th on Forbes' inaugural "250: America's Most Successful Living Immigrants" list
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2025· 1 entry
Reported net worth: $9.9B (as of 2025).
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2023· 4 entries
Khosla signed a letter along with over 170 global figures to stop the "persecution" of Yunus
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Khosla used ChatGPT to help write a rap song for his daughter's wedding
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Khosla offered personal loans to startups after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
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In response to the removal of Sam Altman from OpenAI, Khosla suggested, on behalf of himself and Khosla Ventures, that Altman be reinstated
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2021· 1 entry
As "simply the best venture capitalist of our generation", citing the breadth of his intellect, curiosity and investment success
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2020· 1 entry
The California State Lands Commission and the California Coastal Commission jointly filed a lawsuit seeking to compel public access to Martins Beach under the California Coastal Act and related statutes
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2019· 1 entry
Khosla presented "Amazing: What KV Founders are Doing," which described 100 portfolio companies reinventing areas such as health, infrastructure, robotics, transportation, augmented reality and artificial intelligence
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2018· 1 entry
Khosla Ventures committed $50 million to OpenAI, with the investment completed in 2019
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2017· 1 entry
The California Courts of Appeal ruled that Khosla must obtain a Coastal Development Permit before closing the gate on Martins Beach Road, but the ruling did not establish a public right of access
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2016· 1 entry
Khosla wrote a paper "20% Doctor Included" where he predicted AI would eventually transform healthcare
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2014· 1 entry
Khosla wrote about artificial intelligence and also stated that the value of "humanness" in occupational roles would become more valuable after the expansion of artificial intelligence, and have a "hugely deflationary" e
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2013· 2 entries
Moneycontrol: Vinod Khosla
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And Joe Biden in 2024 at his home in Portola Valley, California
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2012· 2 entries
Khosla wrote an article titled "Do We Need Doctors Or Algorithms
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“Do We Need Doctors Or Algorithms?”
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2010· 2 entries
Awarded Champions of the Earth (2010).
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Khosla Ventures began investing in food and was the first investor in companies like Instacart and DoorDash
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2009· 3 entries
Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2009).
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Was awarded the Great Immigrants Award
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Was awarded Champions of the Earth by the UNEP for in the Entrepreneurial Vision category for India
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2007· 1 entry
Khosla was an award recipient in the Northern California region for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year award
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2006· 1 entry
Khosla's wife Neeru co-founded the CK-12 Foundation, which aims to develop open-source textbooks and lower the cost of education in the U
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2004· 1 entry
In order to spend more time with his teenage children and focus on science-based technology startups, Khosla moved to part-time and eventually left Kleiner Perkins
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2001· 4 entries
Khosla expressed disdain for the recently funded optical networking companies saying that what was happening was “greed” similar to the dot-com space
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It was said that Khosla had created more multibillion-dollar companies than any other VC, save John Doerr
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In 2001, Khosla said he makes a point of having dinner with his family at least 25 times a month.
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Khosla said he makes a point of having dinner with his family at least 25 times a month
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2000· 1 entry
Was a recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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1996· 2 entries
Khosla informed Excite co-founder Joe Kraus that the search engine company's IPO had been canceled, hours before the stock was to start trading; however, thirty minutes later he called him back to let him know it was an
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And invested about $8 million which grew 300x to $2
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1994· 1 entry
Suggested that Excite adapt its search engine for the internet and helped finance the special disk drive the company needed to run their search engine starting with a $5,000 check to test his theory by buying a bigger
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1986· 1 entry
Khosla joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins as a general partner, alongside Sun Microsystems board member John Doerr
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1982· 1 entry
Khosla co-founded Sun Microsystems (SUN is the acronym for the Stanford University Network), along with Stanford classmates Andy Bechtolsheim, who was licensing a computer design for $10,000 to local companies, and Scott
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1981· 1 entry
Khosla co-founded Data Dump with a former Stanford classmate, Scott McNealy, which ended up failing
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1980· 3 entries
Married Neeru Khosla, his girlfriend since he was 16
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25 year-old Khosla developed a business plan for an electronic design automation company for electrical engineers
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Vinod Khosla decided to become an entrepreneur
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1976· 1 entry
When Khosla was 21 years old, he emigrated to the United States to pursue a masters in biomedical engineering on a full scholarship
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1975· 1 entry
Khosla attempted to start a soy milk company intended to provide a milk alternative to Indian consumers without refrigerators to preserve cow milk
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1955· 2 entries
Born 1955-01-28.
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“. The Economist. Khosla, Vinod (15 January 2012).”
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