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Bill Draper
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William H. Draper III, the pioneering Silicon Valley venture capitalist, has died according to a New York Times obituary. Draper helped shape the early venture capital industry, backing numerous technology companies and serving as head of the US Export-Import Bank and the UN Development Programme. Tributes and remembrances are circulating among the technology and investing communities.
- 2Bill Draper, pioneering Silicon Valley venture capitalist, dies at 98●Bill Draper Dies at 98; He Was a Tech Investor Before There Was a Silicon Valley
William 'Bill' Draper, one of the earliest venture capitalists in what became Silicon Valley, has died at 98, according to a New York Times obituary. Draper helped finance technology companies decades before the region became a global tech hub, and commenters are remembering his role in shaping the venture capital industry.