Kleiner Perkins, venture capital, and the chairmanship of Genentech, 1976-1995 : oral history transcript / 2002 PDF
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UniversityofCalifornia Berkeley Regional Oral History Office University ofCalifornia The BancroftLibrary Berkeley, California Program inthe History oftheBiological Sciences andBiotechnology Thomas J. Perkins KLEINERPERKINS, VENTURE CAPITAL, AND THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF GENENTECH, 1976-1995 With Introductionsby BrookByers Samuel D. Colella ReidDennis Franklin Johnson "Pitch" Thomas D. Kiley C. RichardKramlich Kvamme Floyd Interviews Conductedby Glenn E. Bugos, Ph.D. in 2001 Copyright 2002 by The Regents oftheUniversity ofCalifornia Since 1954 the Regional Oral History Office has been interviewing leading participants in or well-placed witnesses to majorevents inthe developmentofnorthern California, theWest, andthenation. Oralhistory is amethod ofcollecting historical information through tape-recorded interviews between a narrator with firsthand knowledge ofhistorically significant events and a well-informed interviewer, with the goal of preservingsubstantiveadditionstothehistoricalrecord. Thetaperecordingistranscribed, lightlyeditedfor continuity and clarity, andreviewed by the interviewee. The correctedmanuscriptis indexed, bound with photographs and illustrative materials, andplaced in The BancroftLibrary atthe University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, andinotherresearchcollections forscholarlyuse. Becauseitisprimarymaterial, oralhistoryis notintendedtopresentthe final,verified, orcompletenarrativeofevents. Itis aspokenaccount, offeredby the interviewee in response to questioning, and as such it is reflective, partisan, deeply involved, and irreplaceable. ************************************ AllusesofthismanuscriptarecoveredbyalegalagreementbetweenTheRegents ofthe University ofCalifornia andThomas J. Perkins dated June 2002. Themanuscript is thereby made available for research purposes. All literary rights in the manuscript, including the right to publish, arereserved to The Bancroft Library ofthe University of California, Berkeley. No part ofthe manuscript may be quoted for publication without the written permission of the Director of The Bancroft Library of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional Oral History Office, 486 Bancroft Library, Mail Code 6000, University of California,Berkeley94720-6000,andshouldincludeidentificationofthespecificpassages to be quoted, anticipated use ofthe passages, and identification ofthe user. The legal agreementwith Thomas J. Perkinsrequires thathebenotified oftherequestand allowed thirty days in which to respond. It is recommended thatthis oral historybe cited as follows: ThomasJ.Perkins,"KleinerPerkins,VentureCapital,and the Chairmanship of Genentech, 1976-1995," an oral history conducted in 2001 by Glenn E. Bugos for the Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, 2002. Copyno. Thomas J. Perkins, 2002 photographcourtesyofGoodbySilverstein&Partners Cataloguing information Thomas J. Perkins (b. 1932) Venture Capitalist KleinerPerkins, Venture Capital, andthe Chairmanship ofGenentech, 1976-1995, 2002, xix, 82pp. & Founding Kleiner Perkins [later KleinerPerkins Caufield andByers] and early investments in Tandem Computers and Genentech; chairmanship ofGenentech board ofdirectors and executive & committee; hiring Robert Swanson atKleiner Perkins and initial dealings with Swanson and HerbertBoyerto found Genentech; K & P investmentin Cetus; subcontracting early Genentech researchto UCSF, City ofHope, and Caltech; investments in early Genentechproducts; licensing and manufacturing strategies; clinical trials and dealings withFood andDrugAdministration; invention of clinical R&D partnerships andjunior common stock; recruiting Genentech s board; Genentech s IPO; Genentech as model forHybritech, Inc.; KirkRaab as chiefoperating officer andrelationship with Bob Swanson; licensing agreements with Eli Lilly, KabiVitrum, andothers; FIPCO strategy; Hoffmann-La Roche acquisition ofGenentech; thoughts on investmentbankers; patent infringement litigation; comments onFrederickFrank, James Gower, FredMiddleton, David Packard, KirkRaab, Robert Swanson, Jimmy Treybig and others. & Introductions by BrookByers, SeniorPartner, KleinerPerkins Caufield Byers; Samuel D. & Colella, Managing Director, Versant Ventures Managing Director, Institutional Venture Partners; ReidW. Dennis, PartnerEmeritus, Institutional Venture Partners; Franklin "Pitch" Johnson, SeniorPartner, Asset Management Associates; Thomas D. Kiley; C. Richard CMEA Kramlich, SeniorPartner, Ventures; FloydKvamme, SeniorPartner, KleinerPerkins & Caufield Byers. Interviewed in 2001 by Glenn Bugos forthe Program in the History ofBiosciences and Biotechnology, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University ofCalifornia, Berkeley.
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