Neeru Khosla (born 1955/1956) is the co-founder and chair of the

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Early life

Having grown up in India and England, Khosla wanted to be a doctor. She had an aptitude for science, but the prerequisite for medicine of animal dissection pushed her to pursue microbiology instead. Khosla focused her studies in India on science and moved to the U.S. shortly after marrying

Vinod Khosla Vinod Khosla (born 28 January 1955) is an Indian-American businessman and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. Khosla made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas suc ...

in 1980. Around the time he co-founded Sun Microsystems, she earned a master's degree in

molecular biology Molecular biology is the branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions. The study of chemical and physi ...

from

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sy ...

. Soon, she started a job studying gene expression at Stanford University. She also has a master's degree in education from the Stanford Graduate School of Education.

Career

In December 2008, it was announced that Khosla had been appointed to the

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advisory board. She has been on the boards of other organizations including the

American India Foundation The American India Foundation (AIF, founded 2001) is a nonprofit American organization working in India. It is one of the largest secular, non-partisan American organizations supporting development work in India. AIF is committed to improving the ...

and

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Personal life

She is married to the billionaire engineer and venture capitalist

, her childhood boyfriend. They have four children.

References

External links

O'Reilly TOC Conference 2008Neeru Khosla on Education and Doing a Start-Up
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people San Jose State University alumni Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board members Stanford Graduate School of Education alumni 1950s births {{Business-bio-stub