Born on January 28, 1955 to an Indian Army officer, Vinod Khosla began his path towards entrepreneurial success at the age of 14, when he read an article about the creation of Intel in a magazine. This inspired him to pursue a technology-related career, and went on to obtain several IT and Engineering degrees in IIT in Delhi, India, Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Right after finishing his studies, Khosla worked for the Daisy Systems for two years. He then co-founded the Sun Microsystems, and served as the company’s first Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board during the early 1980s. He became a general partner of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, a venture capital company, in the early 2000s, and eventually founded his own company, Khosla Ventures in 2004. It focused primarily on venture investments on a wide array of technology sectors, with great emphasis on clean technology. His company became a massive success, propelling Khosla to the summits of the industry, with a net worth of over $1.4 billion as of 2012.
Leadership Intellect 