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American Venture Capitalist and Philanthropist
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Male
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Birth:
5 July 1926
Death:
28 December 2016
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Education:
Stanford University
Harvard Business School
The details
Biography
Bill Bowes (July 5, 1926 – December 28, 2016) was a venture capitalist, philanthropist, and co-founder of U.S. Venture Partners. He cofounded USVP in 1981.
He has aB.A. in Economics from Stanford University, an M.B.A. from Harvard University.
He was the founding shareholder of Amgen, as well as their first Treasurer and Chairman. He also invested in Leroy Hood's protein sequencer, and served on the board of directors for Raychem from 1961 until the late 1970s. Bowes is also the founding partner at U.S. Venture Partners