Frank Caufield has been active in the venture capital field since the early 1970's. He is a Co-Founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. KPCB is one of the largest and most prominent venture capital firms in the U.S. Since 1978, it has invested in over 450 companies which today have revenues of over $77 billion and employ over 250,000 people.
Mr. Caufield serves on the board of Time Warner and is currently its lead independent director. He has also served on the Boards of: AOL, Inc., Quantum Corporation, Caremark Inc., Megabios, Verifone Inc., Wyse Technology, Quickturn Corporation and numerous other private and public companies.
He also serves as a director of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund, Refugees International, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the San Francisco International Film Festival. Previously he served as Chairman of the Child Abuse Prevention Society of San Francisco, and was a board member of the Jamestown Foundation.
He is a past president of both the Western Association of Venture Capitalists and the National Venture Capital Association.
Prior to the formation of KPCB, Mr. Caufield was a General Partner and Manager of Oak Grove Ventures, a venture capital partnership located in Menlo Park, California.
Mr. Caufield is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and he holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
