billionaire venture capitalist Tom Perkins

I'm not sure who the “they” are who you're referring to, but throwing around the word “Nazi” is pretty much a bipartisan tradition. There was venture capitalist Tom Perkins comparing the Occupy movement to Kristallnacht; there was Ben Carson comparing the US government under Obama to Nazi Germany; ...

Residents at Millennium Tower, San Francisco's leaning, sinking skyscraper, are scrambling to sell their multimillion-dollar condos. Apartment 401, the most expensive condo for sale at Millennium Tower in 2017, has sold for over $1 million under its asking price. Millennium Tower is safe to occupy, though ...

In the ongoing debate over whether the Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix's organizers should be allowed to convert the city's one-of-a-kind island park into a private raceway, gearheads typically fall back to one point — the annual event provides a huge economic boost to the city. This year, billionaire Grand Prix ...

The Indian-born billionaire cofounded Sun Microsystems in 1982 before starting his eponymous venture fund in 2004. He's famed for his clean-energy initiatives and philanthropic work, but also for an unsuccessful legal battle to block public access to a beach near his home in Half Moon Bay, Calif.

The 1928 abode on Belvedere, which landed on the market in September for $16.5 million, sold last week under asking. Designed by architects Julia Morgan and George Kelham, the six-bed, seven-and-a-half bath, 8,885-square-foot home was quite the looker when we first reported on it. Period details like ...

A Belvedere estate purchased by legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tom Perkins and his wife Gerd in 1972 has just sold for $14.5 million, Sotheby's said this week. The almost 9,00-square-foot home was designed by Julia Morgan and George Kelham and includes six bedrooms, seven and a half ...

A Belvedere estate purchased by legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tom Perkins and his wife Gerd in 1972 has just sold for $14.5 million, Sotheby's said this week. The almost 9,000-square-foot home was designed by Julia Morgan and George Kelham and includes six bedrooms, seven and a half ...

Tom Perkins, co-founder of prominent venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has passed away. His longtime assistant, Kathy Daly, confirmed his death in an email to Recode. He was 84. Perkins co-founded Kleiner Perkins in 1972, after helping to launch Hewlett-Packard's computer division.

Tom Perkins, one of the founders of famed Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, died Thursday night at the age of 84. Perkins died of natural causes at his home in Tiburon, Calif., near San Francisco, after a prolonged illness, his longtime assistant confirmed to the New York ...

Mr. Perkins was flamboyant with his wealth, though he had said that he was a multimillionaire and not a billionaire, as many believed. At one ... In a 2007 autobiography, “Valley Boy: The Education of Tom Perkins,” he wrote that as a youth he assembled television kits and had planned to be a TV repairman.

Tom Perkins, the legendary venture capitalist who provoked a firestorm by comparing the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany to the way rich people are treated in the United States, on Thursday offered a provocative idea about how to “change the world.” During an interview with a Fortune magazine ...

A hyper-wealthy billionaire venture capitalist has faced ridicule after comparing the treatment of super-rich Americans to the Holocaust. Thomas Perkins, who is thought to be worth around $8bn, made the startling comparison in a letter to The Wall Street Journal in which he wrote of 'parallels' between the ...

A hyper-wealthy billionaire venture capitalist has faced ridicule after comparing the treatment of super-rich Americans to the Holocaust. Thomas Perkins, who is thought to be worth around $8bn, made the startling comparison in a letter to The Wall Street Journal in which he wrote of 'parallels' between the ...

Though the seller, late venture capitalist Tom Perkins, spent $9 million on renovations, which should have increased its value. The list price on unit #55A — a 2,706-square-foot space — may be optimistic because residents of Millennium Tower received some good news last month: A fix may be in the ...