Posted on 03/29/2011 6:55:38 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
The reinvention of Meg Whitman continues apace.
The former eBay (EBAY) chief has been joining corporate boards at the rate of one a month in the wake of last year's unsuccessful run for governor. On Tuesday, powerhouse venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers announced Whitman is joining as a part-time strategic advisor.
Whitman will coach entrepreneurs and help evaluate new digital investments, according to a statement. "Her experience and strategic advice will be invaluable," said Kleiner Perkins partner Ted Schlein.
Whitman, in the statement, called Menlo Park-based Kleiner "fabulous advocates for technology-based start-ups."
Whitman in January joined the board of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) as part of a shake-up overseen by HP board chair Ray Lane -- who is a partner at Kleiner Perkins. Whitman is also known to be friendly with Mary Meeker, the former Morgan Stanley Internet analyst who joined Kleiner in December. In fact, Fortune reported Whitman and Meeker had recently vacationed together in New Zealand.
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Doerr gave $1 million to the campaign to defeat Prop. 23, the November ballot initiative that would have gutted California's landmark greenhouse gas law; Whitman during the campaign called that law a "job killer" and stated that had she been governor when it was passed, she would probably have vetoed it.
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There’s some irony in the fact that Whitman, 54, would choose Kleiner (and vice versa): The firm’s highest-profile partner, John Doerr, is a reliable donor to Democratic causes and the environment.
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The horse patootie don’t fall far from the ol’ nag.
Creating the next generation of oppressive corporate behemoths.
She’s worth $8 billion. Any job she takes will be because she wants to.
But, Meg is the future of the GOP. Mitt said so.
“Meg Whitman joins venture firm Kleiner Perkins”
Al Gore could become world’s first carbon billionaire
Last year Mr Gore’s venture capital firm loaned a small California firm $75m to develop energy-saving technology.
The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient.
The deal appeared to pay off in a big way last week, when the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants, the New York Times reports. Of the total, more than $560 million went to utilities with which Silver Spring has contracts.
The move means that venture capital company Kleiner Perkins and its partners, including Mr Gore, could recoup their investment many times over in coming years.
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http://resources.bnet.com/topic/kleiner+perkins+caufield+&+byers.html
Former Secretary Colin Powell Named Strategic Limited Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers KPCB — an innovator in providing venture and relationship capitalSM services to entrepreneurs — announced former Secretary of State Colin Powell has become a KPCB strategic limited partner.
“...irony in the fact that Whitman, 54, would choose Kleiner (and vice versa): The firm’s highest-profile partner, John Doerr, is a reliable donor to Democratic causes and the environment. “
Real irony, yeah. Arnold is a Republican, and so is Mike Bloomberg.
In our neck of the woods we have the guys from Maryland, all very legit looking, West Point, various past businesses etc. They are aiming for IPO. Meanwhile there are a bunch of rubes and hicks in Virginia who "need" solar power. So the clean guys travel to Virginia and find the baddest and smartest of the rubes and tell them, hey, IPO, $$$, etc, but first we need the town of X to sign up for clean green Solar power. Don't tell them it will cost triple wholesale with escalation, at least not right away. And oh yeah, if some board members or whatever need some extra convincing or whatever, whatever.
That's how our local convicted drug dealer got to be in the solar power business, all very clean and green over in the boardroom in Maryland, but the dirt isn't far under the surface. You and I will pay for this crap as taxpayers and myself as a ratepayer. BTW, our solar availability is less than 1/2 of California where it still requires graft and subsidies.
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