John Doerr
Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist who backed Google and Amazon and popularised OKRs
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John Doerr is an American venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins who backed Netscape, Amazon and Google. He introduced Google to the OKR goal-setting method he learned at Intel and wrote Measure What Matters. He now focuses on climate change.
Biography
Intel
Doerr studied electrical engineering at Rice University and earned an MBA at Harvard. At Intel from 1974 he learned management from Andy Grove, including “objectives and key results”.
Kleiner Perkins
Joining Kleiner Perkins in 1980, he invested in Compaq, Lotus, Netscape, Amazon and, in 1999, Google, joining its board.
OKRs
He taught Google’s founders the OKR system, which spread across Silicon Valley. His book Measure What Matters (2018) explains it.
Climate
He has backed clean-energy companies and in 2022 gave $1.1 billion to Stanford to found its Doerr School of Sustainability. His book Speed & Scale (2021) lays out a climate plan.
Timeline
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1951
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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1974
Joins Intel
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1980
Joins Kleiner Perkins
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1996
Invests in Amazon
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1999
Invests in Google
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2009
Joins Obama’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board
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2018
Measure What Matters
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2022
Funds Stanford’s Doerr School of Sustainability
Notable works
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2018
Measure What Matters Book
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2021
Speed & Scale Book
Did you know?
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1
He sold Intel chips as a salesman early in his career.
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Kleiner Perkins’s Google investment was $12.5 million.
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He has signed the Giving Pledge.
Connections
Related people
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Andy Grove
Technology · Hungarian-born Intel CEO who turned it into the world’s largest chipmaker
Learned OKRs from him at Intel
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Larry Page
Technology · Co-founder of Google and inventor of PageRank
Google co-founder
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Jeff Bezos
Technology · Founder of Amazon and the spaceflight company Blue Origin
Amazon founder
Frequently asked
Who is John Doerr?
John Doerr is an American venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins who backed Netscape, Amazon and Google. He introduced Google to the OKR goal-setting method he learned at Intel and wrote Measure What Matters. He now focuses on climate change.
How old is John Doerr?
John Doerr is 75 years old, born on 29 June 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Where is John Doerr from?
John Doerr was born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
What is John Doerr known for?
John Doerr is best known for Investing early in Google, Amazon and Netscape; Measure What Matters; climate investing.
References
- John Doerr — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- John Doerr (Q1380459) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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