- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Georges F. Doriot
American R&D Corporation
1946 - 1972
Finance
| Military Service | Army |
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b. 1899
| Education |  |
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| Undergraduate | University of Paris |
| Graduate | MBA, Harvard University |
| Personal | |
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| Born-Died | 1899 - 1987 |
| Birthplace | France |
| Race | White |
| Father | Professional |
Doriot founded the first and one of the most successful publicly traded venture capital corporations in the United States. While American R&D funded numerous business entities, Doriot’s big success came in 1957 when he provided the $70,000 seed money (80% of the start-up equity) to Ken Olson who founded Digital Equipment Corporation.