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OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla, who's 68, says he still works 80 hours a week and plans to keep investing for the next 25 years

Dec 01, 2023 - businessinsider.com
Silicon Valley investor and billionaire, Vinod Khosla, revealed on "The Cerebral Valley Podcast" that he plans to continue investing for the next 25 years, health permitting. The 68-year-old, who has been an investor for nearly four decades, also mentioned life extension efforts as a potential way to extend his career. Khosla, who started his investing career at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and later founded Khosla Ventures, still works 80-hour weeks and remains passionate about his work.

Khosla Ventures has recently made significant investments in various sectors, including beverage, insurance, and climate tech. Khosla's work ethic is not uncommon among business leaders, with Elon Musk and Steve Squeri, CEO of American Express, also known for their long working hours. Khosla did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Key takeaways:

  • Vinod Khosla, a Silicon Valley investor, plans to continue investing for as long as his health permits, even considering life extension efforts to prolong his career.
  • Khosla, who works 80-hour weeks, started his investing career at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1986 and founded Khosla Ventures in 2004, which has backed companies like Instacart, Impossible Foods, and DoorDash.
  • In 2019, Khosla Ventures invested $50 million into OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, which was twice the size of any investment his VC firm made in the last 15 years.
  • As of October, Khosla said he is making lots of fundamental investments in esoteric areas instead of AI, with Khosla Ventures making multi-million dollar bets on startups in the beverage, insurance, and climate tech space.
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