Bill Bowes (venture capitalist)

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.[1]

He has a B.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 [2][3][4]

References
  1. "William Ketcham "Bill" Bowes, Jr. obituary". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. "ISB: Annual Report 2014". Systemsbiology.org. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  3. "Bill Bowes". USVP. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  4. Adeniji, Ade. "Big Giving, Low Profile: The Philanthropy of William Bowes, Jr". Retrieved 31 August 2016.


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