Perkins, Thomas James

Perkins, Thomas James (1932-present)

Quick Facts

• One of the founders of leading venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• The first general manager of HP’s computer divisions, credited with helping shepherd HP’s entry into the minicomputer business
• Outspoken supporter of the HP/Compaq merger in 2001
• Briefly married to romance novelist Danielle Steel
• Education: MIT undergrad, Harvard MBA