Eugene Kleiner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugene Kleiner

American engineer

Date of Birth: 12-May-1923

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 20-Nov-2003

Profession: engineer, venture capitalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Eugene Kleiner (12 May 1923 – 20 November 2003) was an Austrian-born American engineer and venture capitalist.
He is considered the pioneer of Silicon Valley.
He was one of the original founders of Kleiner Perkins, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm which later became Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.
The company was an early investor in more than 300 information technology and biotech firms, including Amazon.com, AOL, Brio Technology, Electronic Arts, Flextronics, Genentech, Google, Hybritech, Intuit, Lotus Development, LSI Logic, Macromedia, Netscape, Quantum, Segway, Sun Microsystems and Tandem Computers.