Title
Wolken, Peter SEMI oral history
Catalog Number
102746371
Type
Document
Description
Peter Wolken started his career in the semiconductor and electronics industry and later spent more than 25 years in the venture capital business. In 1982 he founded and was a general partner at Associated Venture Investors (AVI), which specialized in seed and early-stage investments in IT companies. Prior to AVI, Wolken was a general partner at Page Mill Partners. In 1970, he co-founded and was vice president of sales at Cobilt, a semiconductor equipment maker that later was acquired by Computervision. Prior to entering the venture capital business he worked for Etec. Earlier in his career he worked for RCA, General Electric, Beckman Instruments and Electroglas. Wolken received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and a Masters degree in International Marketing from the Thunderbird School of International Management in Arizona.
Date
2007-06-16
Contributor
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Addison, Craig, Interviewer
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Wolken, Peter, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Los Altos Hills, CA, USA
Extent
13 p.
Copyright Holder
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)
Category
Transcription
Collection Title
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) oral histories and company videos
Credit
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International
