John Doerr’s name is synonymous with venture-capital investing, due to his critical early backing of Google, Amazon.com , Twitter , and other storied Silicon Valley start-ups. Doerr, 66, has worked his magic, financial and otherwise, for 38 years from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the Menlo Park, Calif.–based VC firm he now chairs.

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