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Perkins's account of the egos and tensions at play in the HP boardroom in early 2006 makes for an entertaining read. He writes with boyish enthusiasm and self-deprecating humour about his love of fast cars; his quest to build the Maltese Falcon, the world's most advanced sailing yacht; his fleeting marriage to Danielle Steele, the romantic novelist; his conviction for manslaughter in France after a disastrous yachting accident; and his own novel-writing project Sex and the Single Zillionaire. --The Financial Times, 3 December 2007<br /><br />A smart, often funny, and wholly engaging account of a fabulous and varied life lived on the frontiers of high tech America. Utterly absorbing from first to last, this is one memoir which is as unique as its author. --Richard North Patterson, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author<br /><br />Tom Perkins is a man of extraordinary passions, among them deals, venture capital, entrepreneurs, ocean racing, vintage cars, and extraordinary women. Valley Boy is a heady mix of picaresque adventure and high finance - more fun than most novels - told in a charming, intimate style as if you were a privileged guest on one of Tom's legendary yachts. --James Stewart, author of the bestselling Den of Thieves
A smart, often funny, and wholly engaging account of a fabulous and varied life lived on the frontiers of high tech America. Utterly absorbing from first to last, this is one memoir which is as unique as its author. --Richard North Patterson, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author
Tom Perkins is a man of extraordinary passions, among them deals, venture capital, entrepreneurs, ocean racing, vintage cars, and extraordinary women. Valley Boy is a heady mix of picaresque adventure and high finance - more fun than most novels - told in a charming, intimate style as if you were a privileged guest on one of Tom's legendary yachts. --James Stewart, author of the bestselling Den of Thieves
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An honest, insightful and humorous memoir from Tom Perkins who gave his name to one of Silicon Valley s most iconic partnerships, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who helped found and finance such famous companies as Tandem, Compaq, Netscape, Sun Microsystems, Amazon and Google: described by The Economist as one of American venture capital s founding fathers. Full of accounts of the diverse episodes of his life, both personal and professional: his marriage to romance novelist Danielle Steel; his famous vintage car collection; being tried for manslaughter in France and and his sensational, high tech 130ft yacht The Maltese Falcon - one of the largest privately owned clippers in the world and the subject of its own book!
Perkins's account of the egos and tensions at play in the HP boardroom in early 2006 makes for an entertaining read. He writes with boyish enthusiasm and self-deprecating humour about his love of fast cars; his quest to build the Maltese Falcon, the world's most advanced sailing yacht; his fleeting marriage to Danielle Steele, the romantic novelist; his conviction for manslaughter in France after a disastrous yachting accident; and his own novel-writing project Sex and the Single Zillionaire. --The Financial Times, 3 December 2007<br /><br />A smart, often funny, and wholly engaging account of a fabulous and varied life lived on the frontiers of high tech America. Utterly absorbing from first to last, this is one memoir which is as unique as its author. --Richard North Patterson, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author<br /><br />Tom Perkins is a man of extraordinary passions, among them deals, venture capital, entrepreneurs, ocean racing, vintage cars, and extraordinary women. Valley Boy is a heady mix of picaresque adventure and high finance - more fun than most novels - told in a charming, intimate style as if you were a privileged guest on one of Tom's legendary yachts. --James Stewart, author of the bestselling Den of Thieves
A smart, often funny, and wholly engaging account of a fabulous and varied life lived on the frontiers of high tech America. Utterly absorbing from first to last, this is one memoir which is as unique as its author. --Richard North Patterson, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author
Tom Perkins is a man of extraordinary passions, among them deals, venture capital, entrepreneurs, ocean racing, vintage cars, and extraordinary women. Valley Boy is a heady mix of picaresque adventure and high finance - more fun than most novels - told in a charming, intimate style as if you were a privileged guest on one of Tom's legendary yachts. --James Stewart, author of the bestselling Den of Thieves
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An honest, insightful and humorous memoir from Tom Perkins who gave his name to one of Silicon Valley s most iconic partnerships, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers who helped found and finance such famous companies as Tandem, Compaq, Netscape, Sun Microsystems, Amazon and Google: described by The Economist as one of American venture capital s founding fathers. Full of accounts of the diverse episodes of his life, both personal and professional: his marriage to romance novelist Danielle Steel; his famous vintage car collection; being tried for manslaughter in France and and his sensational, high tech 130ft yacht The Maltese Falcon - one of the largest privately owned clippers in the world and the subject of its own book!
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