Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla (born January 28, 1955 in Pune , India ) is an American businessman of Indian origin.

Khosla is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and founder of Khosla Ventures and became a partner of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1986 .

In 2010 he received the Champions of Earth Award .

education

Khosla received his bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology . He later did his MBA from Stanford University .

capital

Forbes magazine estimates his 2008 net worth at $ 1.5 billion. This puts Khosla in 785th place worldwide. He invested a large part of this wealth in the development of environmental technologies. I.a. he founded the company Calera, which specializes in lowering carbon dioxide by chemically binding CO ₂ in cement ( carbonate ). He was also an early investor in Impossible Foods .

Individual evidence

↑ The World's Billionaires - # 785 Vinod Khosla. Forbes Magazine , March 5, 2005, accessed July 29, 2014 .
↑ Gerald Traufetter: Environment: Putty for the climate. Spiegel Online , August 25, 2008, accessed July 29, 2014 .
↑ Impossible Foods Inc .: Impossible Foods Introduces Impossible Burger At Momofuku Nishi - The debut of the world's most anticipated burger. PR Newswire, July 16, 2016, accessed March 30, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Khosla, Vinod
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American businessman
DATE OF BIRTH	January 28, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pune

[1] The World's Billionaires - # 785 Vinod Khosla. Forbes Magazine , March 5, 2005, accessed July 29, 2014 .

[2] Gerald Traufetter: Environment: Putty for the climate. Spiegel Online , August 25, 2008, accessed July 29, 2014 .

[3] Impossible Foods Inc .: Impossible Foods Introduces Impossible Burger At Momofuku Nishi - The debut of the world's most anticipated burger. PR Newswire, July 16, 2016, accessed March 30, 2020 .