Al Gore accused of conflict of interest in Apple’s Bloom Energy deal

Explore DatacenterDynamics (Apr 16 2012)

... in Maiden, North Carolina. Gore sits on Apple’s board of directors and is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), a venture-capital firm that provides financial backing to Bloom. John Doerr, one of Gore’s ......ode and announced a series of major deals it had already made with some big-name clients, including Google, Bank of America, Coca-Cola, FedEx, eBay and Walmart, among others. It announced its ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Apple   Google   Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Nebula Aims to Enable Every Company to Implement Cloud Computing

Explore The New York Times (Jul 27 2011) Cloud Computing

...y Chris Kemp (pictured), the former chief technology officer at NASA, and its team comes from NASA, Google, Amazon and Microsoft. It has backing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Highland Capital Partners, as well as early Google investors Andy Bechtolsheim, David Cheriton and Ram Shriram. The funding amount wasn’t disclosed. T... (Read Full Article)

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Gates, Brin Fight for California Carbon Law

Explore BusinessWeek (Oct 25 2010) Solar

...mber was 12.4 percent, third-highest after Nevada and Michigan. Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and James Cameron, director of the world’s top- grossing film “Avatar,” have...... of Will’ On Oct. 19, 68 investors managing $415 billion in assets, including venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and VantagePoint Venture Partners, issued a statement opposing the measure. Opponents say it may tr... (Read Full Article)

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