At Kleiner Perkins, he helped invent today's tech VC model

Kleiner Perkins was considered one of the founders of the Valley because when it invested, the VC wasn't just a silent partner.

He and Kleiner took direct management roles with the companies they funded.

KPCB funded companies like Amazon, AOL, Genentech, Google and Netscape.

At one point, Perkins was chairman of 14 of the companies he funded, including three public companies on the NYSE, according to MIT's alumni magazine.