Awards & Recognition
★Best Angel at 2009 TechCrunch Crunchies Awards
★Forbes Midas List multiple years (2006, 2008, 2011-present)
★Vanity Fair 100 most influential people in Information Age (2010)
★Member of the Giving Pledge
Notable Facts
→Founder and Managing Partner of SV Angel, major Silicon Valley VC firm
→Early investor in Google, Facebook, Twitter, Airbnb, PayPal, Pinterest
→Known as the 'Godfather of Silicon Valley' and a 'super angel' investor
→Co-founded and took public Altos Computer Systems (1982)
→Has invested in over 800 startups with 30+ acquisitions by 2010
→Founded sf.citi tech advocacy organization and co-founded FWD.us
→Major philanthropist - member of Giving Pledge, UCSF Medical Foundation board
→Over 128K Twitter followers
→Estimated net worth upwards of $1.5 billion