The true legend of Silicon Valley has passed away.
On October 26, Sequoia Capital announced that its founder, Don Valentine, died at his home in Woodside, California, at the age of 87.
Sequoia Capital describes Valentin in the eulogy published on its official website: “As the founder of Sequoia, he left a deep mark on his family, friends and colleagues, his spirit will be long It is in the minds of many charitable organizations investing in Sequoia and leaders and founders of great technology companies in the second half of the 20th century.”
Shen Nanpeng, founder of Sequoia Capital China Fund, also mourns Don Valentine in his circle of friends today. He wrote: “Don helped to create an industry and becomes a Silicon Valley legend. He also assembled a great partnership. Don will be sorely missed!” (Don Valentin helped create an industry and became a legend in Silicon Valley He has established a good relationship, Tang will be deeply missed!)
“Create an industry”
Shen Nanpeng’s “one industry” refers to the entire venture capital industry. To a little bigger, Don Valentine is inseparable from the development of the US technology industry and the rise of Silicon Valley, a landmark of significance.
According to the introduction given by Sequoia, he was born in New York in 1932 and studied chemistry at Fordham University. Before he founded Sequoia Capital, every company that Valentin had been in was famous. He moved to Southern California in the 1950s and became a sales engineer for Raytheon. Raytheon is a large US defense contractor and one of the top five weapons suppliers to the US Department of Defense.