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Re:Tim Draper defends Theranos and its disgraced founder and... by adventured on Sunday May 13, 2018 @10:49AM (#17059166)
His father was one of the earliest of the modern venture capitalists. And among the first in California, circa 1959 (just two years after the founding of Fairchild Semi).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Draper_III

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Re:Tim Draper defends Theranos and its disgraced founder and... by cowsandmilk on Sunday May 13, 2018 @12:22PM (#17059674)
> And among the first in California, circa 1959

His grandfather founded the venture capital firm in 1959. His father was an associate that joined at the time of the founding.

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