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Born on January 28, 1955 in Pune, Pune district, India, Vinod Khosla is a businessperson. That puts Vinod Khosla at 71 years old in 2026. Schooling on record includes Carnegie Mellon University. Recorded honors include Champions of the Earth (2010) and Great Immigrants Award (2009).
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 Pune and IIT Delhi to Silicon Valley royalty, his is an immigrant story marked by unusual intellectual stubbornness.
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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)
- Origin
- Pune, Pune district, India
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Goat
2. Background
- University
- Carnegie Mellon University
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Champions of the Earth
- 2009 Great Immigrants Award
3. Links
4. About this entry
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Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
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When was Vinod Khosla born?
Vinod Khosla was born on January 28, 1955 and is 71 years old.
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Vinod Khosla is from Pune, Pune district, India.
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Vinod Khosla works as businessperson.
Where did Vinod Khosla study?
Vinod Khosla attended Carnegie Mellon University.
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