Photo: James Duncan Davidson from For higher resulutions contact duncan@x180.net. / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Vinod Khosla is, to me, the clearest proof that great venture capital is an act of imagination rather than spreadsheet management. Co-founding Sun Microsystems would satisfy most ambitions; instead he built Khosla Ventures and kept placing uncomfortable, long-horizon bets, clean energy chief among them, while safer money chased software. Not every bet paid off, and he has absorbed plenty of criticism, but I respect investors who risk being wrong in interesting ways. The 2010 Champions of the Earth award hints at his throughline: technology as a lever for civilization-scale problems. From Delhi to Silicon Valley royalty, his is an immigrant story marked by unusual intellectual stubbornness.
Overview
Vinod Khosla (born 28 January 1955) is an Indian-American businessman and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. Khosla made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas such as networking, software, and alternative energy technologies. He is considered one of the most successful and influential venture capitalists.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Vinod Khosla
- Name (Japanese)
- ビノッド・コースラ
- Reading
- びのっど・こーすら
- Born
- January 28, 1955 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Goat
- Origin
- Delhi, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- businessperson
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Carnegie Mellon University
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Champions of the Earth
- 2009 Great Immigrants Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Businessperson — see all → · More people from India →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.