{"id":4361,"date":"2025-02-06T22:39:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T22:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:39:27","slug":"c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/","title":{"rendered":"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel the booming tech industry, died on Saturday at his home in San Francisco. He was 89.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His death was announced by New Enterprise Associates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Kramlich (pronounced CRAM-lick), whose career spanned more than five decades, was among the earliest backers of Apple Computer; the software companies Silicon Graphics and Macromedia; and the computer networking companies Juniper Networks and 3Com, whose founders invented the Ethernet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He co-founded his own firm, New Enterprise Associates, or NEA, building it from an initial $16 million fund in the 1970s to one that now oversees investments of nearly $26 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But he stood out among Silicon Valley\u2019s sea of swashbuckling financiers because of his grace and kindness, said Scott Sandell, the chief investment officer and executive chairman of NEA. \u201cHe believed the venture business was a people business, and he acted accordingly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Charles Richard Kramlich was born on April 27, 1935, in Green Bay, Wis. His father, Irvin Kramlich, was a grocer who started a chain of 25 food stores that <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1955\/06\/16\/archives\/kroger-acquires-wisconsin-chain-takes-over-25-supermarkets-of.html\" title=\"\">Kroger<\/a> bought in 1955; his mother, Dorothy (Earl) Kramlich, was an aeronautical engineer who later oversaw the household.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When he was 13, Dick followed in his father\u2019s entrepreneurial footsteps, starting his own \u201clittle lightbulb company,\u201d he said in a 2015 interview with the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zsz5T5RQsmU&amp;ab_channel=ComputerHistoryMuseum\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Computer History Museum<\/a>. \u201cMy father encouraged me to do it if I used my own money, and so I bought half a train car worth of lightbulbs from Sylvania Corporation\u201d and resold them from his bedroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He added: \u201cI come from three generations of entrepreneurs, and once you get it in your DNA, everything else is boring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He attended Northwestern University, graduating with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Russian history in 1957, and went on to serve in the Strategic Air Command division of the Air Force. After receiving a master\u2019s degree from Harvard Business School, he went to work for Kroger, and then learned the ropes of investing while working for a firm in Boston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 1969, he landed a coveted job at Arthur Rock &amp; Co., one of the first investment firms to make high-risk bets on unproven technology start-ups. He beat out more than a thousand other applicants, he said in the 2015 interview, by sending Mr. Rock a handwritten letter expressing his desire to find \u201ca bigger life out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 1977, he started NEA with Chuck Newhall and Frank Bonsal, two investors he had met in Boston. Persuading others to back their new fund took more than a year, and during that time Mr. Kramlich met a pair of entrepreneurs who were both named Steve (Jobs and Wozniak).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Their company, Apple Computer, was not as good as two other personal computer companies in the market, Mr. Kramlich said in 2015. But their sense of design and entrepreneurial spark were impressive. \u201cThey had pizazz,\u201d he said, \u201cwhere the other two companies were more engineering oriented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He felt compelled to invest and used his own money to do so. The payoff came three years later, in 1980, when Apple went public. That investment made it possible for Mr. Kramlich to buy a 1927 Tudor house in the Presidio Heights neighborhood of San Francisco; he had bronze apples fashioned as the front gate\u2019s doorknobs to remind him of the windfall. (Last year, he <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/robbreport.com\/shelter\/celebrity-homes\/venture-capitalist-dick-kramlich-house-san-francisco-presidio-heights-1235995939\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">listed<\/a> the house for sale for $19.5 million.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Not long after, he met Pamela Kay Palmer through a mutual friend; they married in 1981.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Venture capital investing is designed to absorb many losses in pursuit of one home-run deal, leaving a graveyard of failed start-ups along the way. But Mr. Kramlich was known for sticking with struggling investments long after others had abandoned them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cHe used to say, \u2018Never say die,\u2019\u201d Mr. Sandell said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the early 1980s, Forethought, the start-up behind PowerPoint software, was about to run out of money, and NEA\u2019s partners refused to pony up more. So Mr. Kramlich convinced his wife that they should pause work on the house they were building on Stinson Beach and use the cash to keep the company alive instead. The gamble paid off: In 1987, Microsoft <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1987\/07\/31\/business\/company-news-microsoft-buys-software-unit.html\" title=\"\">bought<\/a> Forethought for $14 million, and PowerPoint went on to become one of the world\u2019s best-known software programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Financial Engines, an investment advisory start-up backed by NEA, took 18 years to go public and \u201cwent through five different business models,\u201d said Jeff Maggioncalda, the company\u2019s chief executive. NEA, he added, patiently held its shares the entire time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Thanks to that patience, and to Mr. Kramlich\u2019s kindness, chief executives he had fired or threatened to fire never stopped wanting to work with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPeople don\u2019t leave a relationship with Dick with any anger,\u201d said James Clark, a founder of the computer software and hardware company Silicon Graphics, whose board of directors Mr. Kramlich served on. \u201cHe\u2019s just a fundamentally good man.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In 2002, Mr. Kramlich told Mr. Maggioncalda that he would be pushed out by the end of the year if things didn\u2019t turn around. But Mr. Kramlich\u2019s delivery inspired trust rather than fear, Mr. Maggioncalda recalled: \u201cHe said it with a calmness and a supportiveness.\u201d The company recovered, and Mr. Maggioncalda led it through an initial public offering in 2010.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After Mr. Kramlich retired from NEA in 2012, he continued to pursue a passion for art collecting. He and Ms. Kramlich were among the first private collectors to focus on new media as it emerged as an art form in the late 1980s, and they amassed an extensive collection that emphasized audio and computer art, video, film and photographic slides. Their collection of videos and installations grew to more than 300 pieces \u2014 so large that they built a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/07\/arts\/design\/kramlich-video-herzog-de-meuron.html\" title=\"\">three-level home<\/a> in Napa Valley to display it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In addition to Ms. Kramlich, he is survived by two children, Christina and Richard Kramlich; a stepdaughter, Mary Donna Meredith; and six grandchildren. A son, Peter, died in 2024. Mr. Kramlich was married twice before, to Deborah (Durbrow) Kramlich, whom he divorced in 1966, and to Lynne (Shamburger) Kramlich, who died in 1981.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In retirement, Mr. Kramlich continued to mentor founders and investors. He also started a new firm, Green Bay Ventures, with Anthony Schiller, a liquefied natural gas entrepreneur. The firm\u2019s investments include Databricks, the A.I. data company; Dropbox, the file storage company; and Xiaomi, the consumer electronics company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In their 12 years of working together, Mr. Schiller said in a statement, he learned a lot from Mr. Kramlich.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere will be plenty of well-deserved recognition for Dick\u2019s legendary career,\u201d he said. \u201cBut he was just as extraordinary as a person. He taught me about dreaming big, loyalty, pride and alignment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/06\/technology\/c-richard-kramlich-dead.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1076,1877,1874,123,441,1047,1876,1875,1177,782,1046],"class_list":["post-4361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple-inc","tag-c-richard","tag-computer-history-museum","tag-computers-and-the-internet","tag-deaths-obituaries","tag-entrepreneurship","tag-kramlich","tag-new-enterprise-associates-inc","tag-software","tag-start-ups","tag-venture-capital"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89 - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89 - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/\"},\"wordCount\":1120,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Apple Inc\",\"C Richard\",\"Computer History Museum\",\"Computers and the Internet\",\"Deaths (Obituaries)\",\"Entrepreneurship\",\"Kramlich\",\"New Enterprise Associates Inc\",\"Software\",\"Start-ups\",\"Venture Capital\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/\",\"name\":\"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89 - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1\",\"width\":1050,\"height\":550},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89 - World News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89 - World News","og_description":"C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89","datePublished":"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/"},"wordCount":1120,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","keywords":["Apple Inc","C Richard","Computer History Museum","Computers and the Internet","Deaths (Obituaries)","Entrepreneurship","Kramlich","New Enterprise Associates Inc","Software","Start-ups","Venture Capital"],"articleSection":["Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/","name":"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89 - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-06T22:39:27+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1","width":1050,"height":550},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/c-richard-kramlich-early-investor-in-silicon-valley-dies-at-89\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"C. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Technology"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":80,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":6,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=1050&resize=1050,550&ssl=1",1050,550,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/05\/multimedia\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz\/05Kramlich--04-cfqz-facebookJumbo.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-39\">Technology<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}