The San Francisco trial pitting Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s oldest and most venerable venture capital firms, against Ellen Pao, a former junior partner who claims that she faced sexual harassment and discrimination, has forced an institution that prefers to remain private into the public gaze. Among other things, it has raised questions about how well John Doerr, its de facto leader, knows his own firm.
凱鵬華盈(Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers)是矽谷成立時間最長且最受尊敬的風險資本公司之一。該公司與其前初級合夥人鮑康如(Ellen Pao)在舊金山對薄公堂一案,讓這家寧願保持低調的機構受到公衆的關注。鮑康如指控稱,自己在凱鵬華盈曾遭到性騷擾和歧視(鮑康如案已於美國時間3月27日宣判,法庭裁定鮑控告凱鵬華盈性別歧視的說法不成立——編者注)。它引發的疑問是,凱鵬華盈事實上的領導人約翰•杜爾(John Doerr)在多大程度上了解他自己的公司。