Frank J. Caufield is best known as a co-founder of the venture capital

Venture capital

Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...

 firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, based in Menlo Park, California

Menlo Park, California

Menlo Park, California is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City...

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From 1973 to 1978, Caufield was a General Partner and Manager of Oak Grove Ventures, a venture capital firm in Menlo Park, California. He is a past president of both the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the National Venture Capital Association

National Venture Capital Association

The National Venture Capital Association is the leading trade association representing the venture capital industry in the U.S. The NVCA represents the venture industry in public policy debates in Washington, DC, and promotes high professional standards, professional development, and interaction...

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Caufield served on the boards of Quantum Corporation, Caremark Inc., AOL

AOL

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 Inc., Megabios, VeriFone

VeriFone

VeriFone is a company that makes point-of-sale equipment. It was founded and incorporated in Hawaii in 1981, and named itself after its first product, the name standing for Verification telephone....

 Inc., Wyse Technology, Quickturn Corporation and Time Warner

Time Warner

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. He is a director of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund, Refugees International

Refugees International

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, is a board member of the Council on Foreign Relations

Council on Foreign Relations

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, and serves as Chairman of the Child Abuse Prevention Society of San Francisco.

Caufield graduated from the United States Military Academy

United States Military Academy

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 in 1962 and completed an MBA from the Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...

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External links

• Frank Caufield bio at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers