Richard Kimball is a

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and technology investor who is notable for being a founding partner of

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(TCV). He has brought several respected internet brands to market such as Netflix.com. He is a member of the Forbes Midas list.

Career

Kimball financed many start-up Internet companies such as GoDaddy.com, Netflix.com.

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, Spotify.com and others through his company named Technology Crossover Ventures. He graduated from

Phillips Academy Phillips Academy (also known as PA, Phillips Academy Andover, or simply Andover) is a Private school, private, Mixed-sex education, co-educational college-preparatory school for Boarding school, boarding and Day school, day students located in ...

in Andover in 1974 and graduated

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from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College ( ) is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, Dartmouth is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the America ...

in 1978 with an A.B. degree in History. He received an M.B.A. degree with an emphasis in finance from the

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in 1983. He is a member of the Forbes

Midas List The ''Forbes'' Midas list is the annual ranking by ''Forbes'' magazine of the most influential and best-performing venture capital investors. Described by Kara Swisher as the "Oscars for venture capitalists in tech," the Midas List uses parameters ...

which is an annual ranking done by the publication which lists the best dealmakers for high tech and life sciences venture capital. He is affiliated with many top firms, often as a director, such as JP Morgan Chase and Intel.

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