Vinod Khosla Born: 28-Jan-1955 Birthplace: Pune, India
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Asian/Indian Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business Nationality: United States Executive summary: Venture capitalist Investor in ethanol companies. Unfortunately, Khosla is not an expert on the subject, and additionally will distort both facts and figures to make the ethanol picture appear much rosier than it is. Claims he has made include that ethanol is more efficient than petroleum (false by a wide margin), that ethanol is cheaper than gasoline (consistently false for the last quarter century), and that Brazil has replaced 40% of their petroleum use with ethanol (his inflated by a factor of four, it is closer to 10%). The truth is that all energy scenarios for the United States are bleak, and ethanol will be little help. Wife: (four children)
University: BSEE, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi University: MS Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University University: MBA, Stanford University (1979)
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers General Partner (1986-)
Daisy Systems Co-Founder
Sun Microsystems Founding CEO (1982-85)
Biden for President Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Energy Future Coalition Steering Committee Friends of Dick Lugar George W. Bush for President Hillary Clinton for President John Kerry for President John McCain 2008 Kerry Victory 2004 National Venture Capital Association Obama for America Obama Victory Fund 2012 World Technology Network
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