Chapter 12 Patriarchs of Silicon Valley
The transition from the Santa Clara Valley of prune blossoms and chambray shirts described by Catherine Gasich to the Silicon Valley of microprocessors and venture financiers is worth exploring. One individual more than any other accounts for that transformation, or at least the initiation of it. He was the pole around which so many of the formative elements—technical, academic, financial, psychological—were to gather and charge each other. He was a catalyst, an energizer, and apparently an inspiration. Today, the mention of his name is a litmus test in Silicon Valley. Those who recognize it knew the valley when. Many who are riding the crest of the wave left in his wake—one that seems to have no beginning, ...
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