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Month: November 2012

2012 Powerlist: Nagraj Kashyap, Qualcomm

Nagraj Kashyap was raised in New Delhi, India, moved to the US in 1992 to gain a master’s degree in computer science from University of Texas, Austin, and never left. He began his career as a software engineer at Nortel, Motorola and 3Com/US Robotics before moving into project management with management consulting firm PRTM, now… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Nagraj Kashyap, Qualcomm

2012 Powerlist: Trond Unneland, Chevron

Trond Unneland has headed Chevron’s corporate venturing unit for more than five years, following a varied career in the oil and gas industry, which also included a foray into diplomacy. Unneland is proud of what he has accomplished in that time. He said: “During the last five years Chevron has been recognised as probably having… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Trond Unneland, Chevron

2012 Powerlist: Zhu Linan, Junlian

Zhu Linan founded Legend Capital in 2001 with a $35m fund, and is now the chief executive of Chinabased computer maker Legend’s corporate venturing group, which was renamed Junlian in February. Junlian’s team of 50 now manages five US dollar funds and two RMB funds with aggregate assets under management of more than RMB13bn ($2bn).… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Zhu Linan, Junlian

2012 Powerlist: Claudia Fan Munce, IBM

Claudia Fan Munce, managing director at US-listed technology company IBM’s Venture Capital Group, last year became the first corporate venturing board member of US trade body the National Venture Capital Association. This endorsement follows 12 years of pioneering work by Fan Munce. IBM Venture Capital commits to nearly 100 independent venture capital funds and eschews… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Claudia Fan Munce, IBM

2012 Powerlist: Martin Murphy, Wellcome

After nine years as a partner at a top-tier venture capital firm, it is difficult to imagine the attraction of moving to another firm. But for Martin Murphy, chief executive of Syncona Partners, Wellcome Trust’s £200m ($300m) direct investment vehicle for healthcare and life sciences, having the opportunity to build on the work of Europe’s… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Martin Murphy, Wellcome

2012 Powerlist: Bernhard Mohr, Evonik

As managing director, Bernhard Mohr was tasked with setting up Germany-based chemicals company Evonik’s corporate venturing unit this year. He joined the company having spent five and a half years working at Germany-based chemicals company BASF’s corporate venturing unit. Before moving to BASF Venture Capital, Mohr held multiple roles across BASF. Between 1985 and 1996… Continue reading 2012 Powerlist: Bernhard Mohr, Evonik