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Kleiner Perkins, venture capital, and the chairmanship of Genentech, 1976-1995 : oral history transcript / 2002.
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Kleiner Perkins, venture capital, and the chairmanship of Genentech, 1976-1995 : oral history transcript / 2002Creator/Contributor:
Perkins, Thomas J., creator, interviewee.Creator/Contributor:
Bugos, Glenn E., 1961-, interviewer.Creator/Contributor:
Bancroft Library, Regional Oral History Office.Creator/Contributor:
Program in the History of the Biological Sciences and BiotechnologyAbstract:
Founding Kleiner & Perkins [later Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers] and early investments in Tandem Computers and Genentech;
chairmanship of Genentech board of directors and executive committee; hiring Robert Swanson at Kleiner & Perkins and initial
dealings with Swanson and Herbert Boyer to found Genentech; K & P investment in Cetus; subcontracting early Genentech research
to University of California San Francisco, City of Hope, and Caltech; investments in early Genentech's products; licensing
and manufacturing strategies; clinical trials and dealings with Food and Drug Administration; invention of clinical research
and development partnerships and junior common stock; recruiting Genentech's board; Genentech's IPO; Genentech as model for
Hybritech, Inc; Kirk Raab as chief operating officer and relationship with Bob Swanson; licensing agreements with Eli Lily,
Kabi Vitrum, and others; FIPCO strategy; Hoffmann-La Rouche acquisition of Genentech; thoughts on investment bankers; patent
infringement litigation; comments on Frederick Frank, James Gower, Fred Middleton, David Packard, Kirk Raab, Robert Swanson,
Jimmy Treybig and others.
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2002 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBiotechnology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Biotechnology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Capitalists and financiers -- California -- Interviews
Bio-industries -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Biotechnologie -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de
Capitalists and financiers
Biotechnology industries
Biotechnology
California -- San Francisco Bay Area
California
Genentech, Inc. -- History
Kleiner & Perkins.
Genentech, Inc.
Swanson, Robert A -- 1947-1999
Raab, Kirk
Swanson, Robert A -- 1947-1999
Note:
Thomas J. Perkins. Interviews conducted by Glenn E. Bugos in 2001. Regional Oral History Office, the Bancroft Library, University
of California, Berkeley,
Forms part of the Program in the History of the Biological Sciences and Biotechnology.
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
Audio tape recording of the interviews also available. Shelved as Phonotape 3464 C:1-6.
Also available online.
Volume includes index.
Duplicate transcript: Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
biographyInterviews.
History.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
1 volume (xix, 82 pages) : illustrations, portrait ; 29 cm
6 audiocassettes
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS RESTRICTED. Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator. CU-BANC
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All publication rights are reserved to The Bancroft Library
of the University of California, Berkeley. Requests for permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the Regional
Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.