Vinod Khosla

Vinod Khosla (born 28 January 1955) is an American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist, though he rejects that title and calls himself a venture assistant used on helping entrepreneurs. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. Khosla made his wealth from early venture capital investments in areas such as networking, software, and alternative energy technologies. He is considered one of the most successful and influential venture capitalists.

In 2001, an article in the Red Herring titled “The No. 1 VC on the Planet: Vinod Khosla” stated Khosla created six new jobs for every day he lived in the US and helped create 40 companies producing $150b of market value during his first 24 years in the US which put him in the top one percentile of VC investors.

As of January 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth at US$13.4 billion.